Great upload. I’ve haven’t seen this race since 1989 when I was 10 years old. I remember that weekend. I watched my first Indy 500, then the Mexican GP, and IMSA at Lime Rock. That was a great weekend of racing and for a 10 year old kid, it was great.🏁🏁🏁
Yep, Jim Downing was the brother-in-law of the inventor of the HANS device, Dr. Robert Hubbard. They set about developing the HANS after a mutual friend of theirs, Patrick Jacquemart, was killed in a crash.
Dan Gurney won the Belgian GP in 1967. A year prior his Belgian GP was marked by an unusual slow lap. In miserable circumstances he had to stop somewhere out on the track to take a pee.
@@jasonmoyer Yup, and Spa. There is some good video from those races floating around, including an intense onboard with Jochen Mass in a 962 at Spa circa 1985, including being passed by teammate Stefan Bellof who later died in the race. I really think in a lot of ways the IMCA GTP and Group C era was the pinnacle of racing. The cars, the drivers and the circuits. I still watch WEC and F1 but it is just not the same. Oh, I did see some Trans Am and Can AM in period and that was exciting, too.
Great upload. I’ve haven’t seen this race since 1989 when I was 10 years old. I remember that weekend. I watched my first Indy 500, then the Mexican GP, and IMSA at Lime Rock. That was a great weekend of racing and for a 10 year old kid, it was great.🏁🏁🏁
incredible era thank you!
wow an early version of the HANS device back in '89, interview and what it looks like around the 1:20:20 mark
Yep, Jim Downing was the brother-in-law of the inventor of the HANS device, Dr. Robert Hubbard. They set about developing the HANS after a mutual friend of theirs, Patrick Jacquemart, was killed in a crash.
Dan Gurney won the Belgian GP in 1967. A year prior his Belgian GP was marked by an unusual slow lap. In miserable circumstances he had to stop somewhere out on the track to take a pee.
... I'll be Racing At LIME ROCK Myself... Once I've Finished My 'Cuppa Cha' And Have Partaken In A Spliffington... IT'S SUNDAY OOOH!..🖖🤓🏴 10:24
Ken Squier, Chris Economaki, Mike Joy... ESPN or CBS?
At half the race, one of toyota was ahead of everybody by far, why they restricted the turbo of the nissan if the toyota was so quick?
Jag xjr 10 . Thks!
GTP was so much better than Group C
Yes, generally it was. But there were some pretty good Group C races in the 80's, too. Especially at some of the older historic circuits.
@@AmericasChoice The Nurby races were definitely great.
@@jasonmoyer Yup, and Spa. There is some good video from those races floating around, including an intense onboard with Jochen Mass in a 962 at Spa circa 1985, including being passed by teammate Stefan Bellof who later died in the race. I really think in a lot of ways the IMCA GTP and Group C era was the pinnacle of racing. The cars, the drivers and the circuits. I still watch WEC and F1 but it is just not the same. Oh, I did see some Trans Am and Can AM in period and that was exciting, too.