The Roaring Season

by **bry3500** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:56 am

[video=youtube;Fbc5U6wTfUw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbc5U6wTfUw[/video]

by **bry3500** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:55 am

[video]http://www.motorsportretro.com/2012/02/video-fangio-and-brabham-race-at-sandown/[/video]

by **bry3500** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 5:39 am

[video=youtube;_2x0Nios2v4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2x0Nios2v4[/video]

by **bry3500** » Fri May 23, 2014 8:54 am

[video=youtube;vgLSPJHP9TY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgLSPJHP9TY[/video]

by **bry3500** » Fri May 23, 2014 12:41 am

[video=youtube;TQVYKxXERik]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQVYKxXERik[/video]

by **Greg Mackie** » Thu May 22, 2014 10:29 pm

I'm with you, ERC...driving "style" is what it was back then.

By the way, I left school in 1956 - aged 15 - and went into a panel-beating apprenticeship....no "classical education" for me. At my age now, that word "Vale" appears more and more frequently, sadly. I also had to ask what it meant.

Jack was a neighbor for a while [late '70s], and David went to school with my 2 boys.

RIP Sir Jack.

by **ERC** » Thu May 22, 2014 9:37 pm

Thanks for that. I didn't have the advantage of a classical education, but very surprised I hadn't come across it before, considering how much I read.

I loved Sir Jack's early speedway driving style. Cars with attitude driven by drivers with talent, where you could actually tell they were on the limits of adhesion.

by **GD66** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:41 pm

Y'know, like valediction. A latin way of bidding farewell.

by **Greg Mackie** » Thu May 22, 2014 10:51 am

Vale [pronounced vah-lay] means farewell.

by **ERC** » Thu May 22, 2014 10:29 am

May be a dumb question, but what significance is "Vale" in the heading? It seems to crop up now and again on Google, but not in the Wikipedia entry. Can someone please enlighten me? It is not something I have ever seen before.

by **GD66** » Thu May 22, 2014 7:03 am

Apologies for the use of pics acquired, from the GP Library and Cahier Images respectively.

But just this once...

by **GD66** » Thu May 22, 2014 7:01 am

by **GD66** » Thu May 22, 2014 7:00 am

by **GD66** » Thu May 22, 2014 6:57 am

Goodwood, 1957

by **graham donaldson** » Wed May 21, 2014 5:18 pm

he was the start of an era.we were all lucky to see him drive in the tasman series.his name will never be forgotten

by **SPman** » Wed May 21, 2014 11:34 am

Some nice comments by Dan Gurney on Peter Windsor's site here

http://peterwindsor.com/2014/05/19/sir-jack-brabham-in-his-own-words/

by **Kiwiboss** » Wed May 21, 2014 7:48 am

The rite man in the rite place at the rite time in the rite era with the rite ideas, RIP Sir Jack Brabham.

by **kiwi285** » Wed May 21, 2014 5:14 am

One of the true legends of the sport from our era. As said by someone else never again will it be even possible for a driver to win the F1 World Championship driving a car built by his own company. RIP.

by **GD66** » Mon May 19, 2014 6:29 am

Rheims 1966.

by **Rod Grimwood** » Mon May 19, 2014 6:05 am

NZ Grand Prix 1967, World Champion,

That familiar look. Some are called 'Sir' and some really earn it, and that was 'Sir Jack Brabham', he earn't it.

I can still remember him lifting me into his car when I was with my Grand father in pits looking at cars.

Thanks for the memories and for what you did for world motorsport.

RIP Sir.

The Roaring Season

Vale Sir Jack Brabham

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