Gulf Oil slashes racing budget.......

elansprint72 · 05/26/08, 09:24 PM

Oulton Park today.

jmr · 05/26/08, 10:06 PM

Ahh...

240mph down Mulsanne - seems like only yesterday.

Rona|d · 05/26/08, 10:16 PM

The most beautiful pair of GT40 i´ve ever seen

Marquinius · 05/26/08, 10:38 PM

And the thing is you don't really need a roll bar ... it will not roll (and if it does you can lift it up with just a couple of guys helping). Had one, long time ago. Big grin on my face right now.

Marco

topoxforddoc · 05/27/08, 01:12 AM

Pete,

That must be Jeremy Clarkson in the Gulf Oil car! I gather he sent his GT40 back to Ford. they probably gave this to him in return!!

Charlie

stuny · 05/27/08, 01:26 AM

Pete -

Very amusing. A friend who races a Challenge Ferrari, and has (not counting the race car) his 3rd and 4th Ferraris (with a 430 on order), recently bought a 2CV at the urgings of his French girlfriend. I'll have to send him a copy of this image.

stuny · 05/28/08, 02:15 PM

Pete -

My friend (see my note above) got a good laugh out of my sending him a copy of your image with the note, "I see you've graduated to real racing and gotten Gulf sponsorship" (Hhs 2CV is light blue). He also responded that he was flying out to France today and plans to see a 2CV race. He also just ordered a Smart car.

elansprint72 · 05/29/08, 12:09 AM

Stuart,

"Race" is just what these guys did, the speed might have been slightly less than the 250cc Supercarts (160mph vmax) on the same day but the 2CV racing was excellent.
Is the SMART on sale in the US?

stuny · 05/29/08, 01:25 AM

Pete -

The Smart (4-2) finally came here about two months ago, but I've only seen one on the road so far.

Rona|d · 05/29/08, 01:39 AM

Stu, more Smarties in Seattle weeks ago. People seem to love them (which i don´t understand). They also love Vespa scooters over there (what i can understand

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05/26/08, 10:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
jmr Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 11/06/04 Location: Tintwistle Posts: 4,804	Re: Gulf Oil slashes racing budget....... Ahh... 240mph down Mulsanne - seems like only yesterday. __________________ John Reynolds johnreynoldsphotography.com

05/26/08, 10:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rona\|d Moderator Join Date: 01/06/04 Posts: 5,520	AW: Gulf Oil slashes racing budget....... The most beautiful pair of GT40 i´ve ever seen __________________ DIE KAMERA IST JETZT BETRIEBSBEREIT

05/26/08, 10:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Marquinius Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 07/16/07 Location: Almere Posts: 1,514	Re: AW: Gulf Oil slashes racing budget....... And the thing is you don't really need a roll bar ... it will not roll (and if it does you can lift it up with just a couple of guys helping). Had one, long time ago. Big grin on my face right now. Marco

05/27/08, 01:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
topoxforddoc Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/13/06 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 914	Re: AW: Gulf Oil slashes racing budget....... Pete, That must be Jeremy Clarkson in the Gulf Oil car! I gather he sent his GT40 back to Ford. they probably gave this to him in return!! Charlie

05/27/08, 01:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
stuny Moderator Join Date: 11/08/04 Location: New York Posts: 19,182	Re: AW: Gulf Oil slashes racing budget....... Pete - Very amusing. A friend who races a Challenge Ferrari, and has (not counting the race car) his 3rd and 4th Ferraris (with a 430 on order), recently bought a 2CV at the urgings of his French girlfriend. I'll have to send him a copy of this image. __________________ Stuart www.barbara-and-stu.com

05/28/08, 02:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
stuny Moderator Join Date: 11/08/04 Location: New York Posts: 19,182	Re: AW: Gulf Oil slashes racing budget....... Pete - My friend (see my note above) got a good laugh out of my sending him a copy of your image with the note, "I see you've graduated to real racing and gotten Gulf sponsorship" (Hhs 2CV is light blue). He also responded that he was flying out to France today and plans to see a 2CV race. He also just ordered a Smart car. __________________ Stuart www.barbara-and-stu.com

05/29/08, 12:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
elansprint72 Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 08/27/05 Location: Utterly, Up North. Posts: 6,477	Re: Gulf Oil slashes racing budget....... Stuart, "Race" is just what these guys did, the speed might have been slightly less than the 250cc Supercarts (160mph vmax) on the same day but the 2CV racing was excellent. Is the SMART on sale in the US? __________________ Cheers, Pete. http://www.petetaylor.org

05/29/08, 01:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
stuny Moderator Join Date: 11/08/04 Location: New York Posts: 19,182	Re: Gulf Oil slashes racing budget....... Pete - The Smart (4-2) finally came here about two months ago, but I've only seen one on the road so far. __________________ Stuart www.barbara-and-stu.com

05/29/08, 01:39 AM	#10 (permalink)
Rona\|d Moderator Join Date: 01/06/04 Posts: 5,520	AW: Gulf Oil slashes racing budget....... Stu, more Smarties in Seattle weeks ago. People seem to love them (which i don´t understand). They also love Vespa scooters over there (what i can understand ) __________________ DIE KAMERA IST JETZT BETRIEBSBEREIT

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