What a flash back ! My first Sebring race at 15 yr old . The day after rode mini bikes on track, the pits full of open cans of Castor oil behind with damaged body parts.
That door issue is common....I was at Watkins Glen as a VIP spectator in 1982,excited to see a real prototype car the Factory Jaguars...I was hoping to get a chance to see one in the pits before or after the race,no matter one third of the way one dropped out at the top of the famous hill I was walking around and there it was abandoned.....two laps later the other one dropped out with the same trouble,but in the race a GT Class car was going thru a corner and having to grab his door and hold it shut in hard right handers and I thought that's gotta ruin your day of fun....
Andretti was dismissive of McQueen's effort. Apparently, his co-driver Peter Revson was largely responsible for their 2nd place finish. Still, fantastic archive footage.
Mcqueen's team only had three working feet where as Ferrari's winning car had 6 working feet when Andretti took the drive. Therefore Mcqueen should have won with three feet disadvantage. Surely.
These guys are truely brave men I never realized how far we've come racing wise....I used to love watching the history of the Indy 500....till I realized those knock off wheel locks were real when I was watching a race and the car come in and they start banging away with their hammers off and then banging those knock off nuts back on so much for torque ing it...hey it works,I just thought it was for custom rims and I don't like it there...brave like u said....
Steve McQueen personally bankrolled his own delivery. Yes, he had a lot of help. A non professional driver capable of going up against the best drivers in the world.
I love my Italian but I here back the home land they drinks wine all day here in America that's sound like it mite be not so bad....hang a second we got some live radio audio from the Ferrari near the end the race....hey what u doing,slap....mama Mia...Sal put da gas in the car....hey u over there do something...wake up the other driver,huh who....tires tires tires....back to u Chris....oooohhh these guys...go go go....no big deal my Mexican friends are almost as uncooperative with each other too.....when this is over we gonna have a real fight.....
Sebring is a bear your on the controls for the whole race that's why its such a challenging track managing the bumps and a tough job with a good foot impossible with a broken foot ,for McQueen...not so fun...
Yes, Sebring 12hr back in the early days on the old 5.2 mile course was very rough on drivers and cars. I finished second to BMW in '75 and I won the race overall in '77, both times our #30 Porsche RSR was trashed. Amazing that the machine could take the punishment. In '77 I drove 7.5 hours total and was wasted for a long time after. In those days we usually just had one co driver to help out.
George Dyer ...well your name checks out in the online history books! What a time this was for sports car racing and motorsport generally. I wasn't born yet but love seeing vintage footage of classic old races
@@Tom_Hadler IMSA's first decade was very exciting and gave small teams like ours the opportunity to compete at historic venues. We had some great races and memorable experiences. Driving an RSR flat out on Daytona's high banking, before they installed the Bus Stop, is one of those unforgettable experiences.
Poesche 917 and Ferrari 512. The most exciting and gloriously noisy sports racing cars ever. Many thanks for the upload.
What a flash back ! My first Sebring race at 15 yr old . The day after rode mini bikes on track, the pits full of open cans of Castor oil behind with damaged body parts.
Was there too!! I was 17. :) Sure was fun wasn’t it!!
I was there, as Guest of my old friend Van. And the shotgun ride to Sebring in a Mustang 350 was magnificent !
Pretty impressive for Steve to be 2nd w/a broken foot. He never ceased to amaze me
Great Racing History..!! Mario wins Again..!! Love those old Porsche 917s and the Ferrari 512s
I loved watching this race.
Nothing like raw vintage racing footage.
STEVE FANTASTIC FILM AND MOVIE STAR
Great Video. Thanks from Germany.
Those awesome Ferrari 512S's with their 5-liter V12 engines (which utterly dominated this race in 1970) were pumping out close to 600 horsepower!
All these drivers have come a long way. Makes 'electric' F1 racing about as exciting as watching a bunch of Prius's.
Motor racing not electric motor racing
Not the" best 12hours of Sebring ever", but arguably one of the best Sebring films ever.
I did not know Steve McQueen had an injured foot,Man this fantastic !!
Personally, I think 1965 in the rain was a better race.
Hell of a race,had to be there !
McQueen coolest of the cool
That door issue is common....I was at Watkins Glen as a VIP spectator in 1982,excited to see a real prototype car the Factory Jaguars...I was hoping to get a chance to see one in the pits before or after the race,no matter one third of the way one dropped out at the top of the famous hill I was walking around and there it was abandoned.....two laps later the other one dropped out with the same trouble,but in the race a GT Class car was going thru a corner and having to grab his door and hold it shut in hard right handers and I thought that's gotta ruin your day of fun....
Andretti was dismissive of McQueen's effort. Apparently, his co-driver Peter Revson was largely responsible for their 2nd place finish. Still, fantastic archive footage.
A veritable who’s who of racing legends!
velocità yeah damn right............. then Steve McQueen.........
Let's not forget how hard Peter reason drove
This place is fun but bumpy enough u have to respect the bumps to not break your drive train and not put avoidable stress on it
A stack field to say the least...
Mcqueen's team only had three working feet where as Ferrari's winning car had 6 working feet when Andretti took the drive. Therefore Mcqueen should have won with three feet disadvantage. Surely.
These guys are truely brave men I never realized how far we've come racing wise....I used to love watching the history of the Indy 500....till I realized those knock off wheel locks were real when I was watching a race and the car come in and they start banging away with their hammers off and then banging those knock off nuts back on so much for torque ing it...hey it works,I just thought it was for custom rims and I don't like it there...brave like u said....
They tighten themselves in operation
They keep themselves tight. Left hand thread on one side of the car and right on the other. Clever really!
Wow, I was surprised to see both Jackie Ickx and Francoise Cevert!
F1 drivers were regulars at Sebring during the fantastic FIA era. That always made it more exciting for the fans!
Yeah, it's like a race driver beauty contest.
STEVE WELL SPECIAL CAR MEN
No Ford GT's anymore ?
Nope, not in 1970.
There were two GT-40s in the 1970 race. Look it up.
Steve McQueen personally bankrolled his own delivery. Yes, he had a lot of help. A non professional driver capable of going up against the best drivers in the world.
Peter Revson was Peter Revlon same family as perfume company
Yes he was
I love my Italian but I here back the home land they drinks wine all day here in America that's sound like it mite be not so bad....hang a second we got some live radio audio from the Ferrari near the end the race....hey what u doing,slap....mama Mia...Sal put da gas in the car....hey u over there do something...wake up the other driver,huh who....tires tires tires....back to u Chris....oooohhh these guys...go go go....no big deal my Mexican friends are almost as uncooperative with each other too.....when this is over we gonna have a real fight.....
Sebring is a bear your on the controls for the whole race that's why its such a challenging track managing the bumps and a tough job with a good foot impossible with a broken foot ,for McQueen...not so fun...
Yes, Sebring 12hr back in the early days on the old 5.2 mile course was very rough on drivers and cars. I finished second to BMW in '75 and I won the race overall in '77, both times our #30 Porsche RSR was trashed. Amazing that the machine could take the punishment. In '77 I drove 7.5 hours total and was wasted for a long time after. In those days we usually just had one co driver to help out.
George Dyer ...well your name checks out in the online history books! What a time this was for sports car racing and motorsport generally. I wasn't born yet but love seeing vintage footage of classic old races
@@Tom_Hadler IMSA's first decade was very exciting and gave small teams like ours the opportunity to compete at historic venues. We had some great races and memorable experiences. Driving an RSR flat out on Daytona's high banking, before they installed the Bus Stop, is one of those unforgettable experiences.
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