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Road and Track had a nice article about a photographer who took "yearbook" style photos of many racing greats in 1960. It was never published until now because they didn't print in color back then.

The original photographer approached Road and Track again and now it's been published.

Portraits of Auto Racing Legends - The Class of 1960 Cars on RoadandTrack.com

It's very cool to read about them all, especially in retrospect.
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Excellent!

Thanks for sharing.
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that is great stuff. The qualification: "World War II mentality" for Innes Ireland made my smile.
Also the remarks about Graham Hill's plane are both funny and sad.
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Nice find. Yeah, I remember JYS talking about Innes and giving similar impression that Innes did things and took risks others avoided !
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That was an excellent read.....
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Nice find. Yeah, I remember JYS talking about Innes and giving similar impression that Innes did things and took risks others avoided !
Who is JYS?

Sorry I asked, this article is helping me by motivating myself to research racing history.

And a side note, I think the comments about each person were all made by Dan Gurney.

All of them look very good in their photos.
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Jackie Stewart....Don't know what Y stands for though.
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Jackie Stewart....Don't know what Y stands for though.
Thanks, from the initials I thought it also might have been John Surtees.
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And a side note, I think the comments about each person were all made by Dan Gurney.
Yep, that much is obvious.

I doubt the photographer raced BRMs...
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Jackie Stewart....Don't know what Y stands for though.
John Young Stewart, to give him his full moniker
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Saw Jackie Stewart's Matra at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power. Awesome!
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^^ got any pics jaybee ?
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^^ got any pics jaybee ?
Yes, a nice close up. I love CPOP as you can up close and personal to all the cars.
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I wonder how many other articles were originally shelved for either a percieved lack of ''interest'' and / or technology back in the day?
Thanks for sharing the link.
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Good post and good reference link.
Thanks for great info.
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