1906 Le Mans Grand Prix

I'm a great fan of the historic content in AC and stumbling around the YouTube archive I found something I want to share with you



Impressive shots of the infancy of motor racing.
I love the fact you needed a knife for tyre changing
Feel free to add more classic racing footage.

 

There's historic then there's prehistoric lol...

 

Fantastic, I love pre-war races...except for the video quality. So I'm happy that we have Goodwood and can see these cars ina proper race, with high resolution and the original sound:

 

I love old content, either cars or tracks. Yesterday I made a start on the circuit for the 1966 grand prix of Singapore, the Thomson Road circuit. It looks brill, with a mile-long straight and a 'hump' half way along it where the cars used to take off

 

Here is an other gem of historic racing. A bit long though, but a good documentation imo

 

@Ace Pumpkin

Thanks it is very interesting, it is awesome that it really doesn't matter how deep into history it goes, it is still interesting, always a special time. I wonder how much grip was on that wooden road

@Fat-Alfie

Nice. Layout looks interesting, and I never knew that track, interesting. But what about DEUSCHLANDRING !!!???? It is so awesome, I wonder how good can you get it to look, as it is already A class entertainment to drive.

 

"Motor racing is as old as the automotiv itself.". Dunno who said that, but it's so true. Historic motorsport has so much character too. Love the smoke too haha.

 

"The first automobile race happened as soon as the second car was built."

Speaking of historics, the full-day Goodwood Revival 2016 videos are finally up at YT now.

 

Goodwood is always a good watch. Looking for the races I missed that weekend.

 

Yeah, that was it.

 

Archival newsreel from the first Indy 500 in 1909 (I attended the 100th running this year).

 

I checked the Indy 500 Wikipedia page not too long ago. It's funny to compare the average speeds from the first year it was run. The winner of the first event had a blazing average speed of 120 km/h.

 

Interesting little tidbit about that, the winner (Ray Harroun) decided his best strategy was to maintain a constant 75mph. While the car could go a bit faster than that, and his competitors were going faster, he knew the slower speed would save on tire wear. In those days tire changes were very lengthy because they had to be hammered off of the wheel and then a new tire seated back on. So by saving a pitstop or two he was able to be victorious even though he was cruising at a slightly slower speed than everyone else. He also opted to not have a mechanic ride with him (which was common at the time to help with repairs and be a spotter for approaching traffic) so he was carrying less weight which also saved on tire wear and led to the invention of the first ever rearview mirror (seen below). He also came out of retirement for this race, and then promptly retired again after winning it. (He's also buried in my hometown, Anderson Indiana).

 

I will remember that next time someone talks about the boring influence of pit strategies and tire choice in modern F1 racing.

 

It was especially ironic when the 100th running was won on fuel savings strategy and many people moaned about it. I though it was rather fitting considering that's basically how the first one was won (just with tire saving instead of fuel saving).

 

Well this is a vid the thread was called for
Thanks m8