Mike Hawthorne in his D-type

[3798j]

A lap at LeMans...1956. Very Cool.

 

[65_BRG_Sprite]

Wow! Took some brass ones to race there with the trees lining the road.
Loved the snarling exhaust music.

 

[Roger]

The Closed Captioning can't quite manage Mike Hawthorn's English accent.

 

[LarryK]

Trees lining road, at least wide enough, not like Performance Rally.

 

[Roger]

Pity they stuck an "e" on the end of his name. As irritating as Sterling Moss.

 

[HealeyRick]

 

[Grantura_MKI]

Not a fan of his. Me thinks he took too many risks with his driving, as seen here in this short clip. Says he died so young, though.
best,
d.

 

[Grantura_MKI]

Does anyone care about history anymore? This race changed the way racing was done at Le mans.
best,
d.

 

[Basil]

I would give my eye teeth to have a D-Type! A friend of mine here in Alb. has a friend who has a D-Type replica. Even though it isn't a real D it looks like one!

 

[Grantura_MKI]

I worked for a man that had the first NZ ones brought in to the states. We did all the mechanicals and sent them down to be fitted. Did DBRs as well.
best,
d.