SPA 6H 2010 winner

Hello,

I am sorry for the long term silence. Busy life over the week and many WE activities...The winter time should help to get back to some more posts.

Here is a quick one, with a picture of the winning car this year at the Spa 6H endurance race :

the E-Type from J.Minshaw & M.Stretton (UK), winning in front of two Ford GT40 !

Well done :-)

Four seasons...

I started to picture this three in December 2009, when the winter season started and
after this at each new season start, sequencing the four seasons for this three.
The Fall is here, with leaves changing their colours, mushrooms coming out of the ground, some birds starting their migration. The three is now ready for the winter and as nights will become colder soon, and wind will blow... it will loose its leaves before the winter comes...

The Musical Box : " Here comes the flood."

I discoverd him when he just left Genesis and made his first LP with several unforgettable songs. One of these is "Here comes the flood. I saw him many times on stage and always enjoyed it very much. His unique voice and personnality along with the great song bringing so much intensity and emotion.
A recent version (2003) and a almost period version (1979)-sarting after 30 seconds intro- , hope you like it also...

NB: ho yes, he also was singing "The Musical Box" when he was the lead singer of Genesis.

Food for thoughts...

About to leave you for a couple of weeks and go discovering another part of the world...
In the mean time, here is a quote I like :

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever."

Mohandas Gandhi

Summertime...

Winter, Spring
& Summer sequence.

The Summer has come ,
the three is green with a blue sky in this morning picture.

Reims 12h races in the 50's...

On the 2 photos below you can recognize the "Restaurant La Garenne" from the previous post , near the "Thillois" turn on the Circuit de Reims, France.




On the left is the winner of the 1956 "12h de Reims" race: Duncan Hamilton.
On the rigth is the second for the same race : Paul Frère. (photos found on internet)
Below, I pictured the 1956 winning car at Goodwood XK60 event in 2008.



The period map below is showing the 1956 circuit : 3 straights, 3 turns . Very basic, very fast.



Jaguar cars did perfom very well on this circuit during the 50's as you can see from below results :
1953
1st Moss - Whitehead (Jaguar C)
2nd Rosier - Giraud Cabantous (Talbot T26 GS)
3rd Cunningham - Johnston (Cunningham C4 R)

1954
1st Wharton - Whitehead (Jaguar D)
2nd Rolt - Hamilton (Jaguar D)
3rd Laurent - Swaters (Jaguar C)

1956 (Course Sport + 1500 cm3)
1st Bueb - Hamilton (Jaguar D)
2nd Hawthorn - Frère (Jaguar D)
3rd Fairman - Titterington (Jaguar D)

NB: rhe race was cancelled in 1955 after the Le Mans tragedy.

In 2008 , the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust erected a plate to commemorate the Jaguar victories in Reims.



I made these pictures in Januari 2009 ,when I went to attend the start of Monte Carlo Historic rally and see the Mini Cooper of the Mad Dog Racing team, John Morrow and Bill Richards.
They will be back in 2011 , along with Chuck Goolsbee and I will join them for the start :-)