Race Profiles
Race Profile – 1970 Can-Am at Watkins Glen
The 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the fifth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. The season began only a few days after the death of defending champion Bruce McLaren. McLaren had been testing the new M8D for his Can-Am team when he was killed. The team would continue on without their founder, eventually [...]
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Race Profile – 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 40th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 10th and 11th. It was the ninth round of the World Sportscar Championship.
The track layout was changed yet again for 1972, with a new section of turns being built between Arnage and the Ford chicane for [...]
Race Profile – 1989 IMSA GTO/GTU at Sears Point
The “American Le Mans Memories” online video series is a Speedtv.com and AmericanLeMans.com joint venture that opens up the vast ALMS/IMSA racing archives in order to show fans the original race broadcasts. The series started with the 1989 Sears Point IMSA Camel GTP/Camel Lights race and it continues with the coverage of the IMSA GTO/GTU [...]
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Monaco Grand Prix – The Jewel in the F1 Crown
Set in front of the magnificent harbor within the narrow and demanding streets of Monaco, the Monaco Grand Prix is a race unlike any other.
Racing legend Jackie Stewart said it best, “If Hollywood wrote a script, it couldn’t have done a better job than to put a Grand Prix in Monaco.”
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Race Profile – 1970 12 Hours of Sebring
The 1970 12 Hours of Sebring is judged by many to be the greatest Sebring race of all time. The driver line-up alone was larger-than-life, featuring Mario Andretti, Peter Revson, Dan Gurney, Jacky Ickx, Brian Redman, Pedro Rodriguez, Jo Siffert, Mike Parkes, Vic Elford and Francois Cevert, among many others.
Although Porsche easily won the season [...]
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Race Profile – 1967 Can-Am at Road America
The 1967 Can-Am race at Road America signaled the start of an era that would become known as “The Bruce and Denny Show,” as Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme’s McLarens dominated the series for the next five years.
These videos have exceptional Can-Am footage
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Race Profile – 1973 German Grand Prix
The 1973 German Grand Prix was held August 5th the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany.
If you are a fan of Nürburgring, you will really enjoy David Hobbs and Jackie Stewart’s commentary as they give first-hand insight into racing at the famed track. Nearly twenty minutes of great video.
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1969 24 Hours of Le Mans – La Ronde Infernale Video
The amazing 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans produced the closest race finish ever, as Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver’s Ford GT40 battled the Porsche 908 of Hans Herrmann and Gerard Larrousse in an epic fight.
Ford’s two-second victory over Porsche after twenty-four hours of racing has some considering the 1969 race as the best of [...]
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Race Profile – 2007 Japanese Grand Prix
Sports Car Digest loves a good scuffle. We especially like those involving F1 cars on the razor’s edge, and the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix hosted a great last lap scrap between Ferrari driver Felipe Massa and BMW driver Robert Kubica. Watch the videos below and you’ll soon agree.
The race itself is remembered for the torrential [...]
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Race Profile – 1979 French Grand Prix
The 1979 French Grand Prix was held on July 1st at the Dijon-Prenois Circuit near Dijon, France.
While the race was significant because it was the first victory for a turbocharged car in Formula One, it is remembered more for the intense fight for second place between Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve and Renault driver René [...]
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