GT Legends calendar

[pentoman]

Was at spa for historic racing a few weeks ago, and wondered why the whole weekend there were topless ladies wandering around being photgraphed with all the cars . <br/> <br/>It seems it was for a GT Legends calendar:
more teasers here: www.fia-historic-racing.com/en/archive/photo-album/index.html?tx_gooffotoboek_pi1_srcdir=2005%2F06%20Spa%2FPhotoShooting%20GT-Legends&tx_gooffotoboek_pi1_fid=24 So anyway, I can tell you from first hand (well eye) experience, it will certainly be worth getting your hands on (so to speak) if anyone knows how to? <br/> <br/> <br/>No surprises at the crowd a topless lady on a BMW attracts in the pits at a historic (ie lots of old people) race meeting... <br/> <br/> <br/>Russell

>> Edited by pentoman on Tuesday 8th November 19:06

>> Edited by pentoman on Tuesday 8th November 19:06

>> Edited by pentoman on Tuesday 8th November 19:06

[MarkBarton]

Damn! Where the hell was I while all this was going on?

Possibly standing in the pit lane watching the pitstops or leaning over the pit wall taking pictures in the middle of the Six Hours, unable to believe my luck! It's a stonking good event.

[pentoman]

Hi.. didn't realise other PHers were there. Did you get any good photos?

How could you possibly manage to miss the toplessness?! All day Saturday and i think some of Friday or Sunday too this was going on all around the upper and lower inner paddock. I'd post a sample from my cameraphone but... probably not appropriate .

I was with Retro Track and Air, running a Lola Junior, Chevron B6, Elva BMW and green Brabham BT30 and a Green VW Sharan reg: G1GLY.

Here's some of the 6 hours I took..:







Russell

[MarkBarton]

pentoman said:

Hi.. didn't realise other PHers were there. Did you get any good photos?

Dunno yet - I still use film in my camera, and I've been spending all my money this season on going to watch, and none of it yet on development! I'm going to get them done over the winter, but which films come out of the pile first is going to be a bit of a lucky dip! Last year's are at http://markbarton.digimig.co.uk though...

pentoman said:

How could you possibly manage to miss the toplessness?! All day Saturday and i think some of Friday or Sunday too this was going on all around the upper and lower inner paddock. I'd post a sample from my cameraphone but... probably not appropriate .

Hehehe Can't imagine how we missed it, although we did watch a lot of racing, and weren't always in the paddock necking blanches (honest!). I didn't see the GTL stand though, or get as far up towards La Source in the paddock this year though, so that may have been it.

pentoman said:

I was with Retro Track and Air, running a Lola Junior, Chevron B6, Elva BMW and green Brabham BT30 and a Green VW Sharan reg: G1GLY.

Lucky man! Were you driving yourself? We were just spectating, but took a couple of days either side and travelled across in my father's 1949 2.5l Daimler avoiding the motorways, which is a whole different sort of Pistonheadedness! Great way to travel though

pentoman said:

Here's some of the 6 hours I took..: ...pics... Russell

Very nice! I hope I have the same success with the night time stuff!

Without wanting to drift tooo far O/T (especially when the T is toplessness!), do you know what became of the TVR driver in the Six Hours whose shunt with the Mustang caused the stoppage? I saw the wreck, and there wasn't much left of it, and I've heard wildly varying reports since on his state of health.

[pentoman]

MarkBarton said:

Without wanting to drift tooo far O/T (especially when the T is toplessness!), do you know what became of the TVR driver in the Six Hours whose shunt with the Mustang caused the stoppage? I saw the wreck, and there wasn't much left of it, and I've heard wildly varying reports since on his state of health.

Our team's understanding (since the Monday after it happened I think) is that he died.

Very sad perhaps the pace car should not be going so slowly??? It was doing what looked like 20mph.

I saw the Mustang the next day, it was buckled all along the side from the (head-on I believe) impact and flattened somewhat at the front. Big damage for a Mustang, very sorry that it should hit a comparatively flimsy TVR.

Well I guess racing's dangerous, but deaths are pretty rare now it really hits home when it happens .


Russell

[MarkBarton]

This is the only source of news I've found (link to the appropriate page in a long thread)
www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1418632&highlight=TVR#post1418632

A few of the drivers are regulars on there. I don't know which the 'other' forum referred to is - do you? Might hold something more concrete.

A great shame if he didn't pull through.

>> Edited by MarkBarton on Tuesday 18th October 23:23