I took this picture during the August 2006 Monterey Historic Auto Races. I used Pshop to eliminate part of another racecar from the top right corner. Click here to see the original: [link]
I'm not an expert on F1 Lotus racecars but I believe this is from 1969. It was driven by Jacky Ickx. It might be a Brabham-Cosworth BT26A? I just thought it looked so cool sitting in a garage in the Paddock Area of Laguna Seca.
This car is the older brother of the wildly successful and cool looking, more popular Lotus Type 72 which were painted in the classic black & gold John Player Special paint scheme [link] .
I totally agree, and not just the F1 racers. Even the NASCAR racers were pretty insane back in the aero days of 1969/70/71 when the 426 Hemi Daytonas and Superbirds and the 429 Talladega Mercurys could reach over 200 mph. And, back then they had virtually no safety equipment other than a helmet and a crude seat belt. Back then if they had a high speed crash they most likely died unlike today when racers routinely walk away from horendous looking crashes.
A collection of the most beautiful and amazing square photographs I found among my favourites. Please have a look and give these artists the attention they deserve!
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And the fact that Sir Jacky is still among us ... You can't help but have the deepest respect for those guys.
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Greetz,
Uncle Biek
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Greetz,
Uncle Biek
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