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Clay Regazzoni/Ferrari 312B/Watkins Glen/1970

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1970 Ferrari 512 S/Chassis 1006

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1970 Buick Electra 225 Limited

Gérard Larrousse/Porsche 917L/Le Mans/1970

“The 917-043 was supplied to Martini Racing for the 1970 Le Mans classic and began a tradition of exotic livery for certain Porsche team cars. Porsche’s new styling chief, Tony Lapine, gave the Martini 917 elaborate whorls and swoops of light green on a violet background, and earned it the instant nickname “The Hippie Car” from the team and media. Drivers Gérard Larrousse and Willi Kauhsen performed perfectly in their supporting role to the factory cars, finishing second to Porsche’s first overall Le Mans winner, Hans Hermann and Dickie Atwood in the Porsche-Salzburg 917K. That Larousse and Kauhsen were playing the tortoise role to the hares of the factory cars and the Ferrari 512s is witnessed by their also winning the Index of Thermal Efficiency, averaging 9.1 miles per gallon against the winners’ 7.4 mpg. It also attests to the low-drag efficiency of the langheck body. In 1971, 917-043, still with the proven 4.9 litre engine instead of the more powerful 5.0 litre twelve used in shorter races, was assigned to the Gulf-Porsche team for Pedro Rodriguez and Jackie Oliver. -043 had revised bodywork owing much to French designer Charles Deutsch (famous for his Deutsch-Bonnet race cars) with a shorter nose, semi-enclosed rear wheels (now 17” wide to better handle the 917’s power and the chassis’ 36-64 weight distribution) and a full-width rear wing between the fins. -043 led the race for 8 hours, setting the fastest lap at 3’ 18.4” (151.854 mph), before falling back in the twelfth hour and retiring two hours later when oil lines added to both their 917Ls by J.W. failed. The third J.W. entry, a 917K, finished second to the winning 917K of Martini Racing, driven by Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep. Porsche had accomplished not only its goal of overall victory, it had established overall dominance.” Read more

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Herrero ‘70

Santiago Herrero/Ossa 250/Isle of Man/1970

“The Spanish Flyer”

Herrero finished 3rd in the 1969 Isle of Man TT, and for the 1970 season he was ready to win the “race of races”, as he considered it, for him “the Isle of Man TT it’s like a championship itself”. Sadly, he died at the 13th Milestone, Westwood Corner, when he was running in 3rd position. He was 27, and already a legend.

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Modulo

Ronnie Peterson/March 701/Zandvoort/1970

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1970 Dodge Challenger R/T vs. 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8