OT: 6 wheeler Tyrell stuffed into the pit wall

I've just got back from the Silverstone Historic Festival and the sad news it that the 6 wheel Tyrell and Fittipaldi's Lotus 72 were in a start line shunt (with some lesser cars) and the Tyrell looked pretty badly damaged (no drivers were hurt). I was at Copse so I couldn't see the details but the commentators were blaming a "Schumacher Start". Less tragic was the Eagle Weslake failing to complete one lap, although it looked beautiful, as ever. Other disappointment of the day was JYS only doing one lap in Tyrell 003 but he was on top form when interviewed about Ken Tyrell and his "froth jobs" (spraying the unlucky recipient with spit) when he got upset. -- Tony Whitley GPLRank -0.54 MonsterRank 407 and falling... "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix.

Its a terrible shame about Ken's death. It was sad to see him leave F1 as he livened the place up a bit and wasn't afraid to speak his mind. F1 seems to have shed all its personalities - they soon got rid of Rahal when they realised he'd got some character and replaced him with the dour Austrian. Lets hope that they manage to rebuild the six-wheeler. It went great guns at the British GP support until it retired - it even led at one stage - Martin Stretton is a top class driver. James P.S. I hope ITV do a special on Tyrrell and his life - it'd make an interesting TV show. "Tony Whitley" <[email hidden]. c o . u k> wrote in message news:9me5ga$dqv$[email hidden]... > I've just got back from the Silverstone Historic Festival and the sad news > it that the 6 wheel Tyrell and Fittipaldi's Lotus 72 were in a start line > shunt (with some lesser cars) and the Tyrell looked pretty badly damaged(no

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> drivers were hurt). I was at Copse so I couldn't see the details but the > commentators were blaming a "Schumacher Start". > > Less tragic was the Eagle Weslake failing to complete one lap, although it > looked beautiful, as ever. Other disappointment of the day was JYS only > doing one lap in Tyrell 003 but he was on top form when interviewed about > Ken Tyrell and his "froth jobs" (spraying the unlucky recipient with spit) > when he got upset. > > -- > > Tony Whitley > GPLRank -0.54 > MonsterRank 407 and falling... > "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss,

he > gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand > Prix. > > >

Tony Whitley <[email hidden]. c o . u k> wrote on 27 Aug 2001: > I've just got back from the Silverstone Historic Festival and the > sad news it that the 6 wheel Tyrell and Fittipaldi's Lotus 72 were > in a start line shunt<snip> This would be the same six-wheeled Tyrrell (Martin Stretton) that stuffed into the wall at the MAC100 meeting at Shelsley Walsh on 19/8, yes? Hmm... -- "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. Nominations for the rest of this sig are currently being accepted...

> P.S. I hope ITV do a special on Tyrrell and his life - it'd make an > interesting TV show. I hope they don't. It'll be just one more nail in the coffin of F1 TV coverage. Maybe RTL will do a decent piece. I'm not saying there shouldn't be a show, it just shouldn't be done by ITV. As anybody who has seen the Tactics Truck on 'The Premiership' will know ITV buy the rights to sport and don't know what to do with them. I still wait until Sunday morning to see the Premiership goals on Sky Sports with official Opta stats and people who have over 10 years experience with football analysis

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> > I've just got back from the Silverstone Historic Festival and the > > sad news it that the 6 wheel Tyrell and Fittipaldi's Lotus 72 were > > in a start line shunt > <snip> > > This would be the same six-wheeled Tyrrell (Martin Stretton) that > stuffed into the wall at the MAC100 meeting at Shelsley Walsh on 19/8, > yes? Hmm...

Martin was driving so I assume it was the same car. It can't have been badly damaged on 19/8 if it was running yesterday, surely? This time it had lost both front wheels on the n/s (away from the wall) and I couldn't see the damage on the other side. They were saying it won't run again this year. -- Tony Whitley GPLRank -0.54 MonsterRank 407 and falling... "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix.

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:53:39 +0100, "Tony Whitley" <[email hidden]. c o . u k> wrote: >I've just got back from the Silverstone Historic Festival and the sad news >it that the 6 wheel Tyrell and Fittipaldi's Lotus 72 were in a start line >shunt (with some lesser cars) and the Tyrell looked pretty badly damaged (no >drivers were hurt). Sad - i enjoyed watching that car these last few years. On a happier note, i was driving past Silverstone on the A43 en route to Rockingham (it was a very hard choice - Rockingham or Silverstone for the day) and I saw what appeared to be a road-going Silk Cut Jaguar !!! Does anyone have any info on this car ?

Versatile isn't it!! "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Tony Whitley <[email hidden]. c o . u k> wrote on 27 > Aug 2001: > > > I've just got back from the Silverstone Historic Festival and the > > sad news it that the 6 wheel Tyrell and Fittipaldi's Lotus 72 were > > in a start line shunt > <snip> > > This would be the same six-wheeled Tyrrell (Martin Stretton) that > stuffed into the wall at the MAC100 meeting at Shelsley Walsh on 19/8, > yes? Hmm... > > -- > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. > Nominations for the rest of this sig are currently being accepted...

for anyone interested some of my pics from Saturday and Sunday are here http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?UV=701184149370_21626010203&US=0&colli d=73035599103 sa w

"james" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9mec6c$3p0$[email hidden]... : : P.S. I hope ITV do a special on Tyrrell and his life - it'd make an : interesting TV show. : There has been one done already. I can't remember the name of it but the show covered his life (well the team's life) up to the sale to BAR. It finishes up with a segment with Ken and his wife touring the (almost) empty old barn that the team started in (or something like that). Dale.

On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 18:26:41 +0100, "Catisfit" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>> P.S. I hope ITV do a special on Tyrrell and his life - it'd make an >> interesting TV show. > >I hope they don't. It'll be just one more nail in the coffin of F1 TV >coverage. Maybe RTL will do a decent piece. I'm not saying there shouldn't >be a show, it just shouldn't be done by ITV. As anybody who has seen the >Tactics Truck on 'The Premiership' will know ITV buy the rights to sport and >don't know what to do with them. I still wait until Sunday morning to see >the Premiership goals on Sky Sports with official Opta stats and people who >have over 10 years experience with football analysis >

In the US not too long ago I caught a great documentary program on the history of Tyrrell in F1 - one of the "Formula One Saga" programs I think. Used to see this kind of programming alot more on Speedvision, but I think they've been pushed into odd timeslots by the NASCAR invasion :(. BTW - Where the f$#% is the FIA rally coverage of Finland? Should've aired last night based on past history. Been too lazy to check the web schedule, though ;).

"SAW" ... > > for anyone interested > > some of my pics from Saturday and Sunday are here > >http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?UV=701184149370_21626010203&US=0&colli d=73035599103 > > sa > wThanks for sharing them, -- Tony Whitley GPLRank -0.54 MonsterRank 407 and falling... "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix.