Long ago, somewhere around 1968 I heard That Certain Sound. While others at the time wanted to either dance or fight in the streets I just wanted to race. Actually I was never one for driving, so becoming a photographer was the next best thing. Of course back I was still at school but drew inspiration from monthly doses of Motor Sport….……powerful JuJu.
Michael Cotton, Andrew Marriott, Mike Lawrence and Denis Jenkinson inspired me to follow this course…..as did Pete Lyons and others………blame them for this mess. Also throw in Pedro Rodriguez and Jo Siffert plus Porsche 917s and Ferrari 512s to the mix and it becomes a perfect storm.
But it is not just looking back, 2011 is shaping up to be a great year, with the InterContinental Le Mans Cup giving endurance racing a proper setting.
Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride.
Hey John,
Whats your email, I’d love to chat with you about something…
James
Hi John
I’ve read your appreciation for Soames Langton. Could you contact me, I’ve a question. Thanks.
Peter
Peter
here I am, fire away though I am not an expert on poor Soames by any means.
jb
Hey John,
Always good to see you @ a racetrack around the world. It was fun again in Spa. Shot a couple of nice pictures, some even feature yourself. If you´re interested let me know.
See you in Silverstone for the ILMC race.
Take care.
Regards, Arjen Bleeker
Great job John!
Remember your photos at dsc and sprortscarpros. Happy that Murphy the Bear gave us the link. Really great photos from present and past.
Hi John,
I just ran into your blog by chance, and I think it is very interesting. I am an Italian master student of journalism, based in London, and a freelance journalist.
I am about to write a piece about Luigi Chinetti, as part of my final project for Uni, because I was born in the very 5,000-people village were Luigi Chinetti was born, back in 1901 (Jerago con Orago, in the province of Varese).
I see you know Luigi Chinetti Jr., and it would be great if you could get in touch with me
. You have my e-mail, so please, if you want to make me happy… you know how to contact me! And I will explain you better what I have in my mind.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Tommaso
Religiously follow your sports car racing photos from every era. Thanks for the great photos.
Oleg, that is very kind of you……….
Love the Le Mans stuff. Do you have any Super Touring pics from the 90′s? Especially the insane BTCC years.
Afraid not, covered very few 90′s BTCC races, disliked the whole banger racing concept………….also racing in the UK never appealed after following Group C
Hello David,
My name is Geoff Dutch from NSW Australia.
I noticed your wonderful photos of the Fiat 1500 c6 engined 1950 LeMans
car No 37 – Boulevard Pe’ripherique DoubleDeClutch.com.
I was particularly interested in the shot of the engine, as I have an engine and gearbox
which appears to be very similar to it-right down to the twin brass Weber carburetors.
The engine was fully rebuilt some 40 years ago and sealed up since then.
I have recently prepared and run the engine and wish to sell it- hopefully to someone who can make the best use of it. I have posted a video of the engine ( it has a magic sound) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAtyFbOhVMg .
I would greatly appreciate any help you could give in regard to advising me of any contacts you could give with a view to finding a potential buyer.
Hope you can help in some way.
Kind regards,
Geoff Dutch.