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Sunday, 18 November 2012

HELLIWELL PROVINCIAL PARK, HORNBY ISLAND,

AUGUST, 2012
HELLIWELL PROVINCIAL PARK, HORNBY ISLAND, BC

Just a fifteen minute walk down the lane way is this beautiful ocean front park.

Hornby is on the leeward side of Vancouver Island, resulting in dry summers. Limited fresh water
results in very conservative usage by the locals. Why is the stopwatch hanging by the shower?

Marine life.

Nice day. 


See any whales, sea otters, seals, kayakers, cruise ships,....?
LATER: A HELLIWELL SUNSET HIKE.

NEXT: A HORNBY BIKE TOUR. BIKE!!!!!?????YIKE

Saturday, 17 November 2012

1966 GRAND PRIX of the UNITED STATES - IT IS BIG PRIZE DAY on GONP'S

After travelling this Grand Prix week to England, Long Beach, Detroit, Mosport, wanted very much to include at least one from Montreal and so much more. So many of the reels of slides, packages of negatives, albums of photos and whatever else thats been lying around for so long, another month or year isn't going to make much difference. Keep an eye out for the brother's Nemy racing. Spoiler. One becomes a Champion

For now let's spin the wheel and see where she stops.

Well, well. How appropriate to wrap up GP week. On this day of renewed hope of Formula One in the United States, lets look back at what was part of the brothers Nemy introduction to Motor sport and the need for speed.

THE 1966 GRAND PRIX of the UNITED STATES
Watkins Glen, New York
U.S.A. 

Sometimes one has to travel far to see parts of the world. This day parts of the world stopped close by.

Some things never change.


There is so much history of Motor sport in Watkins Glen, from the first races through the streets of the village to the new and old purpose built tracks, that I'm not going to even begin to write anything. All I can say that from just touring the region, attending endless races, and especially the days that my brother and I raced here, "The Glen" holds some of the fondest memories of my life.

 Call to the grid. This Lotus/BRM was piloted by the late Pedro Rodriguez(R.I.P).

 Must be some of Honda's earliest introduction to anything auto in North America. 

 Eventual winner, reigning World Champion Jim Clark's (R.I.P.) Lotus.

 Welcome Race (12 year old) Fan.

 There have been few names that have become synonymous with world class auto sport. Check today's grid in Austin and look for the McLarens. Here the driver is the man himself, Bruce. (R.I.P.)

 Here John stands behind Jo Siffert (R.I.P.) looking over his Maserati powered Cooper.


 Later in life to be knighted Sir, Jack Brabham.

 What I love about this photo is that Porsche in the background is new. If it is around today, your looking at some serious LOTTO MAX winnings price tag.


Sunday was cool, but dry, and a crowd of 75,000 included actors James Garner (Pete Aron), Toshirō Mifune (Mr. Yomura) and Jessica Walter (Pat Stoddard), as well as director John Frankenheimer, who were in the final stages of creating the movie Grand Prix.

 One of the most exciting moment of any sporting event, the standing start. Still unique to Formula One racing today. 
Also a fixture of The Glen was the starter, in his lavender suit, Tex Hopkins.  


 Still incorporated in the new circuit, the"90"

There aren't many great International stories about American racing like this one. Dan Gurney in his Westlake/Gurney.

 Joachin Rindt(R.I.P.). Cooper Maserati. 
So many things have changed for the better in this sport. In these days they didn't bother with any fancy guardrail when you had all those trees, bushes and the odd spectator to stop a wayward car.


Stolen. 
Jim Clark and Mr Lotus, Colin Chapman.
John Surtees, 3rd.



Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11United Kingdom Jim ClarkLotus-BRM1082:09:40.1129
28Austria Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati107Out of Fuel96
37United Kingdom John SurteesCooper-Maserati107+ 1 lap44
419Switzerland Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati105+ 3 laps133
517New Zealand Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford105+ 3 laps112
62United Kingdom Peter ArundellLotus-Climax101+ 7 laps191
Ret10United Kingdom Innes IrelandBRM96Alternator17
NC12United States Richie GintherHonda81Not Classified8
Ret18United Kingdom Mike SpenceLotus-BRM74Ignition12
Ret14United States Ronnie BucknumHonda58Engine18
NC22Sweden Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati57Not Classified15
Ret5Australia Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco55Engine1
Ret4United Kingdom Jackie StewartBRM53Engine6
Ret3United Kingdom Graham HillBRM52Differential5
Ret9Italy Lorenzo BandiniFerrari34Engine3
Ret6New Zealand Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco18Engine7
Ret11Mexico Pedro RodríguezLotus-BRM13Retirement10
Ret15United States Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake13Clutch14
DSQ16United States Bob BondurantEagle-Climax5Disqualified16

 Some things never change.

Thanks Dad for taking us places.

To all those on and off the track.
DRIVE SAFE!