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NSXType-R
07-21-2011, 07:57 PM
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 (http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a17403/the-class-of-1960/)
It's very cool to read about them all, especially in retrospect.
Ferrer
07-21-2011, 11:11 PM
Excellent!
Thanks for sharing.
henk4
07-21-2011, 11:25 PM
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.
Matra et Alpine
07-22-2011, 01:45 AM
Nice find. Yeah, I remember JYS talking about Innes and giving similar impression that Innes did things and took risks others avoided !
RacingManiac
07-22-2011, 05:49 AM
That was an excellent read.....
NSXType-R
07-22-2011, 07:45 AM
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.
RacingManiac
07-22-2011, 08:03 AM
Jackie Stewart....Don't know what Y stands for though.
NSXType-R
07-22-2011, 08:18 AM
Jackie Stewart....Don't know what Y stands for though.
Thanks, from the initials I thought it also might have been John Surtees.
Ferrer
07-22-2011, 11:37 AM
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... ;)
leroy
08-09-2011, 02:44 AM
Jackie Stewart....Don't know what Y stands for though.
John Young Stewart, to give him his full moniker
jaybee
08-09-2011, 03:06 AM
Saw Jackie Stewart's Matra at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power. Awesome!
Matra et Alpine
08-09-2011, 04:59 AM
^^ got any pics jaybee ?
jaybee
08-11-2011, 12:18 PM
^^ got any pics jaybee ?
Yes, a nice close up. I love CPOP as you can up close and personal to all the cars.
dog ear
03-12-2012, 07:03 PM
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.
David_Hussey
06-24-2012, 11:52 PM
Good post and good reference link.
Thanks for great info.
NSXType-R
03-10-2017, 10:53 AM
Just as a bump, John Surtees just passed.
The Passing of John Surtees 1934-2017 - Ultimatecarpage.com forums (http://ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1016128#post1016128)
I'm just curious how many of the people from the original class of 1960 legends are still around.
Edit-
Of the original 15, only 4 are alive today.
Innes Ireland Oct 22, 1993
Olivier Gendebien Oct 02, 1998
Dan Gurney
Bruce McLaren Jun 02, 1970
Joakim Bonnier Jun 11, 1972
Roger Penske
Jack Brabam May 19, 2014
Graham Hill Nov 29, 1975
John Surtees Mar 10, 2017
Wolfgang von Trips Sep 10, 1961
Jim Clark Apr 07, 1968
Jim Hall
Caroll Shelby May 10, 2012
Stirling Moss
Phil Hill Aug 28, 2008
The early 1960's was when the people racing were real gentlemen, and when racing was really, really dangerous still.