The Roaring Season

[quote="khyndart in CA"]Roger,
You are correct and thanks for keeping me inline.
It is the same 1949 Baldwin I saw at Laguna in May when driven by Robert Manson.
It was driven here in August by Don Pepperdene so I got caught out, please excuse !
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The 1949 Baldwin Mercury Special 4600 in May 2021.
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Ken H,

That is all good Mate.
I have ' stolen / borrowed ' the Baldwin Mercury photos and the Laguna Seca maps too !! Added to my archives
Cheers Kiwi Ken !! :cool:

Finally some sports cars from John Adams photos.

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1969 Chevron B 16 # 123

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[2005 Audi R8 LMP1 # 2

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1972 Alfa Romeo TT33 Prototype # 2

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1971 Sparling Special Ferrari 3000 # 1 driven by John Goodman
( John Adams photos..)

( John, I want to thank you for the photos you allowed me to share on this thread. Even when the cars were at full speed you were able to capture them as though they were standing still. That may not satisfy some purists of racing photography but I certainly appreciated them and perhaps we can team up again sometime and also thanks for being my eyes at this event. Cheers Ken H. )

This is outstanding Ken! Loving this thread.

Many a driver has been caught out by the tricky "Corkscrew Turn "
Here, Ken Epsman, spins his 1984 Pontiac Firebird in front of several Group 8 A class cars.
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Some Porsche pix at various parts of Laguna Seca.

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Richard Harris in his 1975 Brumos Porsche 911 RSR 3.0 # 6

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Porsche 911s # 33

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1979 Porsche 935K3 # 94

(John Adams photos..)


(Ken H..)

Another "All American Racers" Team Toyota # 99 seen at Laguna Seca this year was the 1990 Eagle HF 89 GTP car driven by Robert Kauffman and beautifully captured by John Adams as it comes through and exits the Corkscrew Turn.

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In the background of the previous photo one can see the light gray of the original Laguna Seca track before it was changed in 1988 when the track was lengthened from 1.9 miles to 2.25 miles to meet the minimum requirements for MotoGP and other types of racing.

I went to a race meet there in May 1987 and captured some photos of how the track looked then at Turns 1 and 2.
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Turn 1 is in the center of the photo as this 1987 GTO race group charge toward turn 2.
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Turn 2 led onto a short straight before Turn 3 and up the hill toward the "Corkscrew"
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Today the track turns down toward where the blue tent is in this 1987 photo and that is Turn 2 now.
The 3rd car in the photo is a Dan Gurney "All American Racers Team" Toyota Celica turbo # 99 driven by Willy T Ribbs.
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(A bonus photo of Willy T Ribbs talking with Dan Gurney after qualifying in 3rd place for the GTO race. )
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( Ken H 1987 photos..)

The next corner is Turn 5 and this photo shows Richard Griot cornering in his 1969 Porsche 908 # 264.

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A little more about Richard Griot. I use some Griot Garage products.

[video]http://egarage.com/videos/richard-griot-have-fun-in-your-garage/[/video]
(Note the car at the end of this video)

[url]https://www.griotsgarage.com/home.do[/url]


(Ken H)

Roger,
You are correct and thanks for keeping me inline.
It is the same 1949 Baldwin I saw at Laguna in May when driven by Robert Manson.
It was driven here in August by Don Pepperdene so I got caught out, please excuse !
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The 1949 Baldwin Mercury Special 4600 in May 2021.
(KH photo..)

" 1949 Jaguar Parkinson Special # 3 leading a 1953 Tatum GMC Special # 25 driven by Blake Tatum,
followed by a 1952 Kurtis 500S Dodge #9 ahead of a 1952 Manning Street Special and an Allard J1. "

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Allard J1- or this .. Just thinkin' ..

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Baldwin Mercury Special - when in New Zealand - date unsure - Stewart Quertier archives.

Here the Parkinson and the Baldwin together at Sonoma 2018 - Mike Ryan picture

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Cheers Ken H. Think you were at Sonoma 2018 too !! Your picture ;

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Roger

Watching a race from the stands at Turn 4 is a good place to catch the action.

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Such as this Group 4A race with a 1949 jaguar Parkinson Special # 3 leading a 1953 Tatum GMC Special # 25 driven by Blake Tatum,
followed by a 1952 Kurtis 500S Dodge #9 ahead of a 1952 Manning Street Special and an Allard J1.

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or a Group 3A race with Ken Epsman in a 1976 Dekon Monza # 20 ahead of a group of Porsche.

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(John Adams photos.)



Ken H

Some Class 1A cars..Sports Cars 1955- 1961.

1960 Maserati T 61 #6
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Another 1960 Maserati Tipo 61 # 66
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Spencer Trenery in a 1961 Cooper Monaco # 60
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Maserati # 66 chasing a 1962 Elva Mk 4 # 28 down through the Corkscrew Turn
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A 1957 Maserati 200 SI # 67 also going through the Corkscrew.
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( John Adams photos..)



Ken H

English driver Greg Thornton, who has driven in NZ F5000 events, was at Monterey with a 1982 Lotus 91 # 1
Originally driven by Elio de Angelis in 1982.

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Another 1982 Lotus 91 at the track was also a Elio de Angelis car from the 1982 season. Car # 11 driven by Dan Collins.
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( John Adams photos.)

I applied for a job opening advertised in "Autosport" in1973 at Team Lotus so I have always had those JPS cars as a favorite even though Peter Warr passed me over for someone much more qualified.
I was living a dream !
(Ken H )

More Formula One.
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1980 Williams FW07B #7 first driven by Alan Jones at Kyalami in 1980 South African GP.
Driven at Laguna Seca by owner / driver Zak Brown, McLaren Racing CEO.

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1976 Lotus 77 # 5 driven during the 1976 F1 season without much success by Maro Andretti.
Driven today by Chris Locke.

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1977 Lotus 78 # 8 First driven by Mario Andretti in the 1977 Argentinian Grand Prix.
Driven now by Les Mowie

(John Adams photos..)


(Ken H)

Vollstedt 1967 Indy car # 21.
I didn't know much about this car and I have trouble spelling the name correctly !
John's photos jogged my memory reminding me that Jim Clark had driven this car at Riverside in 1967.
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(John Adams photos..)

( A bit of information regarding this car # 21 at this site.

[url]https://www.oldracingcars.com/vollstedt/67/[/url]




( Ken H)

[quote="khyndart in CA"]" 1964 MG Liquid Suspension Special

Designed by Kjell Qvale the head of the BMC in San Francisco, and race car engineer Joe Huffaker. It featured a chrome molybdenum chassis with a fiberglass body, and was powered by a 255 cubic-inch Offenhauser racing engine. Named the 'Liquid Suspension Special' because it used the same hydro-lastic shock absorbers that were used in the production MG sedans.

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(Ken H )[/quote]

Remember reading about that car back in the day - there was a lot of interest as it did use " Hydrolastic " suspension / shock absorbers - long time ago !

" 1964 MG Liquid Suspension Special

Designed by Kjell Qvale the head of the BMC in San Francisco, and race car engineer Joe Huffaker. It featured a chrome molybdenum chassis with a fiberglass body, and was powered by a 255 cubic-inch Offenhauser racing engine. Named the 'Liquid Suspension Special' because it used the same hydro-lastic shock absorbers that were used in the production MG sedans.

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(John Adams photo. August 14 2021 )



(Ken H )

Thanks Paul.
This 1968 AAR Eagle Mark 4 # 12 was Team Penske's first Indy car and driven in the 1968 Indy 500 by Mark Donohue. ( See information below.)

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( John Adams photos. )

[url]https://www.conceptcarz.com/profile/513,9086/1968-aar-indy-eagle.aspx[/url]




(Ken H )

Great pics Ken, Love the Lotus, and the Baldwin with the beautiful restoration.
Cheers

A special feature this year was a display of Indy cars 1963-1978.
Some did demonstration laps including Bobby Rahal driving a 1966 Eagle Indy Car # 88

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(Ken H )

Chris MacAllister has a fleet of original historic race cars and along with his son Alex, they drove some of these cars wearing helmets that matched the original drivers such as Niki Lauda and Jim Clark.
Some more fine John Adams photos of the MacAlllister collection.
1976 Ferrari 312 T2 # 12 originally driven by Niki Lauda, being driven through the " Corkscrew" Turn.

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Alex MaAllister in their 1967 Lotus 49 # 15

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Chris MacAllister in his 1966 GT 40 # 9

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( John Adams photos..)



(KH entry )