Watching the movie "Grand Prix" on Turner Classics right now

A HERETIC I AM

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Thu Jul-21-05 10:54 PM
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Watching the movie "Grand Prix" on Turner Classics right now

one of the greatest racing movies of all time. The old Belgium circuit in the rain ca; 1965 or so....no barriers, just hay bales and driving right past the front door of farmhouses with spectators standing on the edge of the race track.

Too cool.

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Thu Jul-21-05 10:58 PM
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1. The old Spa was fearsome.

Ditto for the old N�rburgring: http://tinyurl.com/aptk8

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A HERETIC I AM

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:05 PM
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3. CPD...I drove up to the top of Pikes Peak this morning......

in a Dodge Ram p/u....trying to imagine doing it in an unlimited ......running that 12 mile climb course in under 11 minutes with a 1000 foot drop just over the edge in some places!!

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WCGreen

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:08 PM
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6. Shit I had an asthma attack about 1000 from the top

of Pike Peak and had to drive back down......

Man, that's no plae to go if you can't breathe

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A HERETIC I AM

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:14 PM
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7. Yup. It's up there. 14,110 ft at the summit.

Me and my coworker got up there about 8:45 this morning. Sa a herd of Bighorn sheep and most of Colorado!!! To think that the drivers in the hillclimb run up that 12 mile, 156 turn course in under 11 minutes is amazing.

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A HERETIC I AM

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:14 PM
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8. The scene from Brands Hatch on now.......eom

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WCGreen

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:18 PM
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9. It's crazy, but understandable....

when we got back down to an elevation where I could breathe, the view was still spectacular......

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Spider Jerusalem

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Fri Jul-22-05 01:39 AM
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14. Yeah.

You can only be awed by the exploits of drivers like Nuvolari, driving those circuits in the '30's (with the primitive brake and tire techniology of the day)...

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MN ChimpH8R

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Fri Jul-22-05 08:36 AM
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17. That's when F1 was F1

When I was a boy I didn't want to grow up to be a baseball player, I wanted to grow up to be Dan Gurney or Jim Clark.

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Davis_X_Machina

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:03 PM
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2. And the old Monza...

...with the concrete overpasses and amazing banking.

What a wild place!

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A HERETIC I AM

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:08 PM
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5. You know current course still goes under those old banks, dont you?

all overgrown and in disrepair. Too bad they dont use them anymore.

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A HERETIC I AM

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:28 PM
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11. Here is a shot of a section of the banking taken recently.......

Edited on Thu Jul-21-05 11:30 PM by A HERETIC I AM

looks pretty intimidating.....

Found at;

http://www.teemu.net/monza/banking/

on edit to say the Monza scene is coming up now...10:30 MT

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Fri Jul-22-05 08:32 AM
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16. Feh. That is not banking. THIS is banking:

More here: http://users.pandora.be/les.consultants.bvba1/sitges

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Roland99

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:07 PM
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4. OMG! I remember seeing that in theaters as a kid.

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Thu Jul-21-05 11:21 PM
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10. Great movie

I've got it on now on the little teevee.

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frylock

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Fri Jul-22-05 12:45 AM
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12. my best lap of the spa circuit was a 3:49:60 in the 1965 honda ra272

of course, it wasn't in the rain! I love that movie! That and Steve McQueen in Le Mans were what really got me into racing as a kid.

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Fri Jul-22-05 01:34 AM
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13. What game is that from?

End of Line.

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frylock

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Fri Jul-22-05 01:40 AM
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15. grand prix legends..

'65 Mod.

http://fp.gplegends.plus.com/65mod.htm

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