How drivers used to work…

How drivers used to work…

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ChevronB19

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7,849 posts

178 months

Saturday 23rd October 2021
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Derek Bell fixing his car - Watkins Glen, Porsche 917, 1971.


Pit Pony

10,164 posts

136 months

Saturday 23rd October 2021
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Looks safe


ChevronB19

Original Poster:

7,849 posts

178 months

Saturday 23rd October 2021
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Remember this car had such delicate chassis tubes that they ended up filling them with gas and putting a pressure gauge in the dashboard, so the unfortunate driver would immediately realise he’s doing 200+ down the Mulsanne Straight in a snapped car…

Other examples of drivers working in their own cars mid race welcomed…

aaron_2000

5,407 posts

98 months

Saturday 23rd October 2021
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McRae fixing a control arm with a boulder


Super Sonic

9,653 posts

69 months

Saturday 23rd October 2021
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aaron_2000 said:
McRae fixing a control arm with a boulder

Excellent. If it can't be fixed with a boulder it's probably electrical!

Milkyway

10,528 posts

68 months

Wednesday 27th October 2021
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Super Sonic said:
aaron_2000 said:
McRae fixing a control arm with a boulder

Excellent. If it can't be fixed with a boulder it's probably electrical!
Didn’t they tell them that about the spares in the boot...spin


Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 27th October 11:00

Milkyway

10,528 posts

68 months

Wednesday 27th October 2021
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Seb Loeb & his Citroen.... “ Teamwork Dan, Teamwork”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=23WRY_MROj0

Thundersports

693 posts

160 months

Wednesday 27th October 2021
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Sadly it doesn't always end well Martin Raymond at Brands Hatch springs to mind.