Vic Elford
taken from "Porsche Legends - Inside History of the Epic Cars"
Thats what we need man! give us a GPL style 70s Le Mans simulator now!
> "...But such was the ability of Mr. Piech's engineers in the following
> year, 1970 - indeed, in that white car, number 25, the one in the Steve
> McQueen film - I went flat out, through the kink, at night, in the rain,
> at 392 km/h (245 mph). And that, let me tell you, was exciting..."
> Vic Elford
Brian Redman, speaking of his testing duties for the Porsche team in
69/70....
Yeah, but no realistic FF please, getting thrown off the road at 240 mph
doesn't sound like much fun :-)
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://autosportsltd.com/autoart.html
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>> "...But such was the ability of Mr. Piech's engineers in the following
>> year, 1970 - indeed, in that white car, number 25, the one in the Steve
>> McQueen film - I went flat out, through the kink, at night, in the rain,
>> at 392 km/h (245 mph). And that, let me tell you, was exciting..."
>> Vic Elford
>"Then I did the Le Mans test and, of the 16 or 17 times I went to Le
>Mans it was the fastest I ever went down the Mulsanne. The car had very
>little downforce; it did 240 mph, weaving from side to side. You hoped
>that when you arrived at the kink you were on the left hand side of the
>road"
>Brian Redman, speaking of his testing duties for the Porsche team in
>69/70....
>> Thats what we need man! give us a GPL style 70s Le Mans simulator now!
>Yeah, but no realistic FF please, getting thrown off the road at 240 mph
>doesn't sound like much fun :-)
>Beers and cheers
>(uncle) Goy
http://autosportsltd.com/lm70-09.html
Thanks man!
