racing and safety Sharing Some Vintage Race Shots

[mo02]

One more shot....

[ttown]

So this may be a stretch for a vintage race shot.. but it is a vintage racer and a few vintage BMW's.

Edited June 28, 2014 by ttown

[mo02]

Another shot....

[jrkoupe]

that Rat pic….now that is awesome….niki rocks.

 

its 653 am est..Im taking my son to his very first HS football practice,,,,,

 

my eyes are blurry...

 

is Niki  on a Laverda?…….

 

my eyes are clear now…looks like a kawasaki….

Edited June 28, 2014 by jrkoupe

[whs.de]

Strietzel, by his grandmother who thought he looked like a Christmas fruitcake (Stollen?)  Also known as the "Regenmeister" for his abilities to race in the rain.  I saw him lead the USGP for several laps in the rain in the Alfa Romeo in 1977.  He was the class of the field.  What made it more amazing was the fact that he did it with no clutch. If I remember correctly, that was the reason he spun in the toe of the boot & retired.  So....  On with some more Stuck trivia:  Most of you probably know where this is, but WHO was his co driver & what was the race?

 

Jepp, but a Striezel is more a kind of "Hefezopf" but that doesn´t matter.

And here is the exlusive pic of the Baby Striezel

 

...and here as a young man in his first race at the 300km Nürburgring in the Koepchen BMW 1969

 

Cheers

W.

 

PS: Watkins Glen 77, Harald Grohs was planned as Co-Driver, but he did not drive the car because he was testing with BMW. The reason why Benny Parsons was the Co, he had Sponsors with enough money for the event.

[jrkoupe]

1 st race....... 3 rd overall!...behind 2 911's........awesome

[Andersson]

 

 

 

 

 

[jrkoupe]

go Niki go........nice body roll....

 

 

looks like that car has the drivers side SPORT seat...........very cool....

 

its amazing so many  drivers actually survived those yrs......altho many were lost.

 

 

 

great stuff...

[Andersson]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[zinz]

not entirely "vintage"

 

how 'bout this?

 

[Andersson]

Dieter Quester BMW Monti June 1968.

 

Edited July 31, 2014 by Andersson

[jrkoupe]

killer group of pics.....just killer

[zinz]

another M1...  "can I get the grills cleaned on my next stop?"

 

[Andersson]

 

 

BMW M1 - killer car but as useful as a snooze button on a smoke alarm...

[jrkoupe]

waddya mean by "useful'".....