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IMSAFAN1
3rd February 2007, 16:10
let's see if anyone can name this car.what race and who drove it
tannat
3rd February 2007, 18:05
let's see if anyone can name this car.what race and who drove it

I want to say Ford Probe, and the Detroit street circuit. Have no idea of the drivers.

If it isn't the Ford (don't recall that gap in the front airdam) then it must be a March chassis..
tannat
3rd February 2007, 19:35
I want to say Ford Probe, and the Detroit street circuit. Have no idea of the drivers.

If it isn't the Ford (don't recall that gap in the front airdam) then it must be a March chassis..


Ford Probe GTP I should say...
IMSAFAN1
3rd February 2007, 19:40
Yes it is a Probe. hint..year is 1988...both drivers went on to be very successfull
captin 1 VXR
3rd February 2007, 19:45
Driven by: Jean-Pierre Frey (CH)/Marty Roth (CDN)/Albert Naon, Jr. (USA)

or Tom Pumpelly (USA)/Ruggero Melgrati (I)/Jack Baldwin (USA)

but did not start Lyn St. James (USA)
tannat
3rd February 2007, 19:50
klaus ludwig was probably one...
lyn st james was heavily involved with the ford gtp program, but I don't know if I'd call her succesful...
IMSAFAN1
3rd February 2007, 21:40
sorry captain 1 wrong drivers...tannat..wrong also.didn't name the track...also no longer the Zackspeed car so it can't be Klaus Ludwig.
Mihai
3rd February 2007, 22:19
The shape of the car is somehow similar. Look al the windshield and arches (?) of the side windows, the line of the bodywork and the rear wing. The car that you can see below is a Zakspeed Ford C100 driven by Klaus Ludwig in the 24 Hours of LeMans (1982), according to a Ford media website.
Mihai
3rd February 2007, 22:28
It also looks similar to this 1983 GTP Mustang:
IMSAFAN1
3rd February 2007, 22:28
sorry but not even close.this isn't the zakspeed car...ok another hint...it was run by tom milner in 1988.
Mihai
3rd February 2007, 22:33
Pete Halsmer - the hint was way too generous ;)
track: Columbus, Ohio ?
Ford Zakspeed L4 4v 2100cc Turbo
tannat
3rd February 2007, 23:02
Okay, for certain this is a #7 Ford Probe GTP on a street circuit.

According to the excellent reference at
http://www.classicscars.com/wspr/results/imsa/imsa1988.html#12


If the circuit is Miami (don't think so) ther driver combo was Jenner/Pumpelly
If West Palm Beach (don't think so) combo was Wood/Smith
San Antonio #7 used a single driver Wood
Columbus (I think it is this circuit, I was confused earlier) single driver Halsmer
IMSAFAN1
4th February 2007, 00:25
ok here's another one....car is easy but name the drivers and the event and what year.
tannat
4th February 2007, 02:31
ok here's another one....car is easy but name the drivers and the event and what year.

Porsche 962

That's not the JohnAndretti car at Daytona, is it? (1991?)

A local guy owned that car back in 1996...
IMSAFAN1
4th February 2007, 03:22
sorry bud but that's not it. correct driver wrong track and year.
IMSAFAN1
4th February 2007, 03:25
can't be daytona..take note of the direction the car is facing and where the tire wall is. so this can't be daytona.
tannat
4th February 2007, 05:39
can't be daytona..take note of the direction the car is facing and where the tire wall is. so this can't be daytona.


Didn't know where the photographer was standing :D
tannat
4th February 2007, 05:49
Year is 1989, and was co driven by Wollek (RIP) and sometimes D Bell.


Hmmmm.... tire wall, so not a street circuit. Not Portland, Watkins Glen, Sebring,

Area looks too clean for Road Atlanta, perhaps this is Sears Point? Lime Rock? Mid Ohio? I've never seen Topeka....
tannat
4th February 2007, 05:55
It's great looking at all these old results...

Noticed Jacques Villeneuve was a DNQ with EFR at the 500km of Road America in 1989 :p :
IMSAFAN1
4th February 2007, 15:47
alright...correct with the driver lineup. so now think abit...there are three drivers in this car.so what race do you think it is?
IMSAFAN1
4th February 2007, 15:53
ok here's another for you to think about. should be easier.
tannat
4th February 2007, 21:34
Darin Brassfield, Oldsmobile Aurora, ummm Watkins Glen (?), 1995 or 1996 I believe (I didn't cheat on this one :D )
tannat
4th February 2007, 21:35
When I'm at my work computer Monday I'll throw some at you :devil:
IMSAFAN1
4th February 2007, 21:53
correct..you missed brian cunningham and brian de Vries but that's alright
IMSAFAN1
5th February 2007, 19:57
where and when is this from....what are the cars and drivers?
tannat
5th February 2007, 20:07
Is that steve mcqueen in that shot?

I'll be at work in 4 hours and throw one at you.
bout to give baby her bottle..
BrentJackson
5th February 2007, 21:34
ok here's another one....car is easy but name the drivers and the event and what year.

John Andretti, Lime Rock, 1991.
BrentJackson
5th February 2007, 21:46
where and when is this from....what are the cars and drivers?

1970 24 Hours of Le Mans. The #25 Porsche 917 long-tail is Vic Elford and Kurt Ahrens. The #20 Porsche 917 is Jo Siffert and Brian Redman. The third car in line is Ferrari 512S #6 of Ignazio Giunti and Nino Vaccarella, the fourth car is the #21 Porsche 917 of Leo Kinnunen and Pedro Rodriguez.
IMSAFAN1
5th February 2007, 22:20
sorry brent but that's not totally right
tannat
6th February 2007, 02:01
Here's one for you, IMSAFAN#1.

Locale, year, car and drivers....
IMSAFAN1
6th February 2007, 02:41
not totally sure but it looks like Paris-Dakar...car looks like VW. I don't know too much about rally cars sorry
tannat
6th February 2007, 03:52
not totally sure but it looks like Paris-Dakar...car looks like VW. I don't know too much about rally cars sorry

This is Le Mans car from the early 80's..

Had 2 very special drivers on board, one which would go on to have impact on the world of Formula One...
IMSAFAN1
6th February 2007, 15:46
ok taking a shot here,,,,owned by steve o'rourke...driven by david hobbs and eddie jordan...BMW M1...LeMans 1981
tannat
6th February 2007, 18:05
ok taking a shot here,,,,owned by steve o'rourke...driven by david hobbs and eddie jordan...BMW M1...LeMans 1981



:up:

awkward angle for the photo-gives nothing away..
IMSAFAN1
6th February 2007, 18:44
i reconized the clover leaf on the top...i remember seeing that with Eddie Jordan's team.
IMSAFAN1
6th February 2007, 18:49
ok here's one for you.....
tannat
6th February 2007, 20:42
Ford Probe again, but I recall this car using a different engine other than the 4 cylider turbo. Perhaps a V-8 turbo?

Looks like Road America. Bobby Rahal was one of the drivers I believe. 1986?
IMSAFAN1
6th February 2007, 22:10
right car...wrong driver and track...correct year though
Mihai
6th February 2007, 22:41
http://alex62.typepad.com/imsablog/images/pruettgtp87_1.jpg

Applicon Mustang GTP
Scott Pruett/Pete Halsmer
Lime Rock
IMSAFAN1
6th February 2007, 22:54
correct
IMSAFAN1
6th February 2007, 23:09
ok here's another
tannat
7th February 2007, 01:18
Riley and Scott w/Chevy power ( I see the bowtie).

Looks from the pre-ALMS IMSA days. 1995 or 1996?
White retaining wall....Road Atlanta?

Jeff Jones and Ross Bentley?
IMSAFAN1
7th February 2007, 02:23
right car..right drivers...right year...wrong track
IMSAFAN1
7th February 2007, 02:34
ok feast on this one....
IMSAFAN1
7th February 2007, 02:35
and try this one
IMSAFAN1
7th February 2007, 02:45
and one more
tannat
9th February 2007, 02:49
ok feast on this one....

Logical to think this is at Mosport. Definitely a Porsche 956. I'll have to do some digging on the drivers...
tannat
9th February 2007, 02:50
and try this one

Hmmmm.. another 956 with canadian sponsorship. I don't think that's Mosport..
tannat
9th February 2007, 02:51
and one more

This is a group 5 BMW at an European track, perhaps Old Nurburgring?

I'd have to do some digging for the driver, late 70's early 80's
IMSAFAN1
9th February 2007, 03:19
tannat...tannat...tannat.....what are you doing to me? you're wrong on all three. first one.....correct car...wrong track... second one...wrong track....third one....wrong track...
IMSAFAN1
9th February 2007, 03:22
sorry...i meant correct car on number 2 wrong car on number one....look at the nose on the first one....it's a 962 not a 956.