Various lists about motor sports and other stuff
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Various lists about motor sports and other stuff
My Top Five Motor Sports Films:
5-Grand Prix (1966) F1
4-Buck Privates Come Home (1947) Midget cars
3-Le Mans (1971) Endurance
2-The World's Fastest Indian (2005) LSR MC
1-Rush (2013) F1
Yours?
Other sites where I post regularly:
1-Casebook.org
2-JTRForums.com
3-Websleuths.com
4-WW2Aircraft.net
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5 favourite rally wheel rims:
1. Speedline corse evolution (Lancia Delta Integrale Evo2)
2. Enkei (Nissan 240RS)
3. Mini-lights - classic and hard to beat
3. Cromodora (Fiat 131 Abarth)
4. Speedline (Audi S1)
5. Speedline corse 037 (lancia 037)
My hypothetical retrospective grand prix world driving champions from 1945-49 as I calculate it using the 1950 points system (car):
1945~Jean-Pierre Wimille(Bugatti T59/50B)
1946~Raymond Sommer(Maserati 4CL)
1947~Jean-Pierre Wimille(Alfa Romeo 158)
1948~Jean-Pierre Wimille(Alfa Romeo 158)
1949~Alberto Ascari(Ferrari 125)
My Top 25 Classic (more than 20 years old) Unsolved Murder Cases with time:
25-Shirley Collins Murder=1953
24-Gregory Villemin Slaying=1984
23-Caroline Luard Killing=1908
22-Villisca Ax Murders=1912
21-Taman Shud=1948
20-Brighton Trunk Mystery=1934
19-Lord Errol Murder=1941
18-Gatton Mystery=1898
17-Borden Murders=1892
16-Babysitter=1976-77
15-Tylenol Poisonings=1982
14-Indiana Dunes Vanishings=1966
13-Bible John=1968-69
12-Thames Torso Murders=1887-89
11-Cincinnati Streetcar Killer=1904-10
10-Zodiac=1968-69
9-Julia Wallace Murder=1931
8-New Orleans Axeman=1918-19
7-Boston Strangler=1962-64
6-Original Night Stalker=1979-86
5-Jack the Stripper=1963-65
4-Black Dahlia=1947
3-Texarkana Phantom=1946
2-Jack the Ripper=1888
1-Cleveland Torso Slayer=1934-38
My all time supergroup:
Drums-Chris Cester(Jet)
Keyboards-Jerry Lee Lewis
Bass-Paul McCartney(The Beatles)
Guitar-Jack White
Vocals-Richard Ashcroft(The Verve)
My all time female supergroup:
Drums-Meg White(The White Stripes)
Keyboards-Tori Amos
Bass-Charlotte Cooper(The Subways)
Guitar-Bonnie Raitt
Vocals-Courtney Barnett
My five favorite motor sports:
5-H1 Unlimited Hydroplanes
4-LSR
3-Nascar Cup
2-IRL
1-F1
Yours?
Top five original companies on the DJIA:
1. General Electric
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No really. That's it.
The only list I have that's shorter than that is my list of bad Led Zeppelin albums. (They ain't any)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollo
Drivers who deserved a [Championship] GP win
1. Jean Behra
2. Chris Amon
3. Derek Warwick
4. Eddie Cheever
5. Jean-Paul Jarier
and an honorary mention for John Love for the 1967 S African GP
Any further suggestions?
Hi D-Type:Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
If you include the Indy 500 that was a World Championship points race from 1950-1960 and thus a de facto U. S. Grand Prix, I would add Tony Bettenhausen.
My all time dead supergroup:
Drums-John Bonham(Led Zeppelin)
Keyboards-Ian Stewart(The Rolling Stones)
Bass-Jack Bruce(Cream)
Guitar-Jimi Hendrix
Vocals-Elvis Presley
My five list of biggest failed attempts to run a 2-cycle engine in a major racing series:
5=AAA Championship(IRL)=1934=Cummins Diesel=Supercharged I-6 Cummins=6.0 Liter=At first this car, driven by Hartwell "Stubby" Stubblefield, doesn't look like a failure because it raced all 500 miles at Indy, finishing in 12th place and ahead of the Cummins 4-cycle car, however as soon as the race ended, the engine seized up and the company never ran a 2-cycle car in the race again.
4=AAA Championship(IRL)=1931=Duray Special=Supercharged V-16 Duray=4.0 Liter=Driven by Leon Duray in the Indy 500, this car, although fairly fast, suffered from overheating problems so bad that it could barely complete its qualifying run. In the race, it dropped out on the sixth lap with overheating.
3=European Championship(F1)=1935=Monaco Trossi=Supercharged Double Row (8x2) Radial-16 Fiat=4.0 Liter=The car practiced for the Italian Grand Prix driven by Carlo Felice Trossi but did not make a qualifying attempt due to poor handling unrelated to the engine's performance.
2=Can Am=1970=Mac's IT Special=Four I-2 Rotax (One .8 Liter at each wheel and 8 total cylinders)=3.2 Liter=This car practiced for the Laguna Seca race driven by Hiroshi Fushida but did not attempt to qualify because of slow speeds.
1=F1=1951=Guidobaldi=Supercharged Radial-8 Guidobaldi=1.5 Liter=The car was tested by M. F. Guidobaldi but performed poorly due its unique suspension and did not enter a Grand Prix that year. The following year, the World Championship was run under F2 rules and thus the car's engine was then too big to compete.
5 favourite rally wheel rims:
1-Gatton Mystery=1898
2-Borden Murders=1892
3-Babysitter=1976-77
4-Original Night Stalker=1979-86
5-Jack the Stripper=1963-65
5 biggest contributors to human happiness in history:
1. Family
2. Agriculture
3. Fire
4. Sewerage
5. Refrigeration
Conversely, the list of successful attempts to run a 2-cycle engine in a major racing series is massive. Really massive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
Yes, they are successful in outboard powerboats, snowmobiles and motorcycles but in auto racing, unless you count go carts, the number is pretty much zero.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollo
The only car I can think of is SAAB in rallying - and maybe DKW to a limited extent. Some DKW-powered Formula Juniors were successful in shorter races as they overheated in longer ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
My list of production cars to first achieve 100s top speeds.
First to achieve:
100 kph-1903 Mercedes Simplex
100 mph-1919 Bugatti Type 23 Brescia
200 kph-1932 Duesenberg Model SJ
300 kph-1982 Lamborghini Countach LP500 S
200 mph-1987 Ferrari F40
400 kph-2005 Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4
No 300 mph or 500 kph yet but they are getting close.
Fascinating...
My top 5 favourite alphabet letters...
1) R
2) Ä
3) X
4) Õ
5) W
:)
I'd swap Cheever with Heidfeld.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
On any day of the week.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
Pure thrust car two-way average record speeds by year (speed/driver/car/setup/sactioner):
1961-331.0 mph/Nathan Ostich/Flying Caduceus/1-Turbojet/SCTA
1962-342.9 mph/Art Arfons/Cyclops/1-Turbojet/SCTA
1963-407.4 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America/1-Turbojet/FIM-retroactively
1964-413.2 mph/Tom Green/Wingfoot Express/1-Turbojet/FIA-retroactively
1964-434.0 mph/Art Arfons/Green Monster/1-Turbojet/FIA-retroactively
1964-468.7 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America/1-Turbojet/FIM
1964-526.3 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America/1-Turbojet/FIM
1964-536.7 mph/Art Arfons/Green Monster/1-Turbojet/FIA
1965-555.5 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America-Sonic I/1-Turbojet/FIA
1965-576.6 mph/Art Arfons/Green Monster/1-Turbojet/FIA
1965-600.6 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America-Sonic I/1-Turbojet/FIA
1970-630.5 mph/Gary Gabelich/Blue Flame/1-Fluid Fuel Rocket/FIA
1983-634.1 mph/Richard Noble/Thrust 2/1-Turbojet/FIA
1997-714.1 mph/Andy Green/Thrust SSC/2-Turbofan/FIA
1997-763.0 mph/Andy Green/Thrust SSC/2-Turbofan/FIA
Note: 1964-65 is known as the era of the Jet Wars.
Top 5 F1 teams of early 1980s in alphabetical order.:D
Brabham, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, Williams.
Three largest oval tracks that motor racing events were held at:
3-Monza-2.64 miles
2-Talladega Speedway-2.66 mile
1-Daytona Beach and Road Course-3.20 miles
The Brooklands Outer Circuit was 2.676 miles
The prewar Avus track was 11.987 miles after the banked North curve was built
I would consider those quasi-ovals but point taken. Kidney shaped Brooklands in particular was almost a pure oval because the opposite bend was usually taken flat out like a straightaway.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Most powerful closed circuit racing cars that I can find-all in qualifying trim:
4-Pre boost limit turbo Offenhauser Indy car engine-1410 HP
3-BMW non boost limited turbo F1 engine-1420 HP
2-UOP Shadow big turbo Chevrolet CanAm engine-1480 HP
1-Porsche turbo CanAm engine-1580 HP
Was it BMW or Cosworth whose engine went off the scale of the testing machine so they could only estimate the power?
Drivers who were killed while leading a World Championship event:
1-Bill Vukovich-1955 Indianapolis 500
2-Ayrton Senna-1994 San Marino Grand Prix
My top five best sounding engines in racing:
5-5 liter Ferrari V-12 Endurance
4-3 liter Matra V-12 Formula 1
3-2.8 liter Novi V-8 Championship Car
2-1.5 liter BRM V-16 Formula 1
1-4.2 liter Offenhauser I-4 Championship Car
A tribute list to the drivers who were killed in or trying to get in the Indianapolis 500 (Cantlon was my x-girfriend's former father-in-law and I was there when Malloy, Pollard and Smiley were killed)-Rest In Peace Gentlemen:(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUJWuzFCjIA
The last still living person who was born in the 1800s:
1-Emma Morano Martinuzzi-Italy-Born November 29 of 1899
Five biggest 1966-50th anniversary-American murder cases in order of occurrence:
1-July 2-Indiana Dunes State Park vanishings of three young women. It is assumed that Renee Bruhl, Patricia Blough and Ann Miller were murdered but they have never been found and the case remains unsolved.
2-July 14-Richard Speck murders eight student nurses in Chicago. He almost certainly murdered another woman a few months earlier.
3-August 1-Charles Whitman uses the Texas Tower as sniper's nest and kills 14 people.
4-September 18-Valerie Percy, the daughter of Illinois' future U. S. Senator Charles Percy, is stabbed to death in the home of her parents. Her murder is still unsolved.
5-October 30-In California, Cheri Jo Bates is slashed to death. Many think she was the first victim of the unidentified Zodiac Killer.
#2Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xK-MK3FREk4
My top 5 James Bonds:
5-Roger Moore
4-Sean Connery
3-George Lazenby
2-Timothy Dalton
1-Daniel Craig