3 World Champions

[Dare]

A little bit of history

[cosworth151]

Damon certainly did look different without the beard.

[Ian]

Thats a shot from the Graham Hill documentary  "Driven." I have searched everywhere for it, it was superb.

[Dare]

Thats a shot from the Graham Hill documentary  "Driven." I have searched everywhere for it, it was superb.

download it here Ian,then you can
watch it anytime you want

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7YGIU18N

[Steven Roy]

That's a famous photo.  I have lost count of the number of times I have seen it.  I bet Clark was quicker on that tractor than anyone else.

[Ian]

Brilliant Dare, thanks very much. 

[lkjohnson1950]

Fantastic picture!! I've never seen it before. Truly a different time.

Lonny

[Ian]

Lonny, you need to see the documentary "Driven," it's all about Graham hill, it's superb mate.

[Scott]

But don't mix it up with "Driven' with Sylvester Stallone, which should have been called 'Drivel'

[cosworth151]

But don't mix it up with "Driven' with Sylvester Stallone, which should have been called 'Drivel'

Or maybe "What a Dog!" It beat out Days of Thunder as the worst racing movie ever.

[lkjohnson1950]

So what was the best racing movie ever, or is that another topic?

Lonny

[Dare]

But don't mix it up with "Driven' with Sylvester Stallone, which should have been called 'Drivel'

Or maybe "What a Dog!" It beat out Days of Thunder as the worst racing movie ever.

 Compared to Driven,Days of Thunder is a Oscar winner.Just goes to
show you steroids and open wheel racing don't go together

[Dare]

So what was the best racing movie ever, or is that another topic?

Lonny

Seeing how we started off with 3 world champions then ended up with
a  dog of a movie Driven,why not switch over to your personal favorite car movie.

That said I'll take Grand Prix,while the plot may be a bit soap operary the
racing scenes are the best IMO ever filmed

[lkjohnson1950]

+1 LeMans and even Winning are not too bad but Grand Prix, while a bit overdramatic, has excellent racing scenes.

Lonny

[cosworth151]

I agree, Lonny. All three are great, and Grand Prix is the best. I was 12 when I first saw it, on a wrap-around Cinerama screen. There hadn't been anything like it. The in-car shot going around the Grand Hotel hairpin early in the film was breathtaking.

A little know film to look for is the 1953 The Fast and the Furious. Nothing like the recent tuner car film. Not much of a plot, but the cars make the film worth watching. John Ireland is driving an XK-140. There are plenty of other seldom seen early sports cars in the film, like a Jowett Jupiter and a Nash Healey. Plenty of MG TC's and TD's, and even an early TR 2.