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02-28-06, 12:31 AM
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| | aero 3 Tenths 
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Portland, OR - USA GT40: Currently designing scratch built mid engine sports car.
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Rep Power: 8  | Great 917 video
Not from back then, but he wasn't pussy-footin' it around the track either. The Mulsanne sure is long! HERE
Enjoy! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banana.gif[/img] | 
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02-28-06, 01:54 AM
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| | ckouba 6 Tenths
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA GT40: RCR40-31
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Pretty sure that's the Derek Bell lap in a 956. Not positive though... Anyone?
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02-28-06, 02:44 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2002 GT40: San Francisco Bay Area California USA
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We should save this one! That's what 200+mph looks like. The next time someone posts their high speed video we will have something to compare it to. | |
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02-28-06, 02:58 AM
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It is definately Derek bell in a Rothmans Porsche 956
doing 246 mph no less.... | |
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02-28-06, 05:41 AM
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| | kenshiro8 I Have No Life 
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Milano,Italy GT40: Fujimi 1/24
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yep, also for me is a 956/962 [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif[/img] Porsche.
Anyway is a too nice video, really Thank u
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02-28-06, 11:07 AM
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Very impressive!
Johan, 246 mph?? Looked and felt more like 243 mph. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
What was even more impressive was when he took his left hand of the steering wheel to take a drink at 48 seconds and then again at 131 seconds to put his bottle of water back in its cup holder! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] | |
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02-28-06, 12:38 PM
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| | aero 3 Tenths
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Oh yeah - never even thought that it could have been labelled wrong. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bash.gif[/img]
When I first saw it, I was actually looking at the front wheel arcs and trying to notice the "roundness" of the 917 and also in the back of my mind was trying to accept the red band across the top of the windshield... I wonder if the older 917 sounded the same too...
Good call! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] | |
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02-28-06, 05:58 PM
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| | kenshiro8 I Have No Life
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03-01-06, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Specializing in Racing construction and preparation of GT40,<br />Lola, and Porsche 917 Sports Racin GT40: Suffolk, England.
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Paolo,
That is a 917 cockpit with a modified dash.Probably a Gulf car but dash not original layout.
Graham @ GTA. | |
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03-01-06, 05:15 PM
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| | kenshiro8 I Have No Life
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[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flehan.gif[/img] I adore to be corrected by Graham....maximum respect [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif[/img] (if u can Graham PM me your email..so I can bore u asking some pictures of the car I adore and u know much more than me)
Thank u again
Paolo [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flehan.gif[/img] | |
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03-01-06, 05:58 PM
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| | Pete Lifetime Premier Supporter 
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brisbane, Austr GT40: GT40 Australia.
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Greg I thought closer to 243.0578 MPH. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif[/img]
I loved that pass just before the chicane. Terrific stuff thanks for posting. | 
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