William “Bill” Brack (born 26 December 1935) is a Canadian former racing driver who raced briefly in Formula One (three entries), and then successfully in the Formula Atlantic Championship. He is seen here-above in the cockpit of his BRM P180 at the 1972 Canadian Formula One Grand Prix, where he retired. Born in Toronto, Brack […]
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Capri triple
The 1972 24 Hours of Spa were held at the old Francorchamps circuit that was 8.761 miles long (over 12 km). Main candidates for the overall victory were the Ford Capris RS 2600 and the BMW’s 2800 CS. On this very fast, dangerous but fantastic track, German ace Hans Joachim Stück made his ambitions clear, […]
Hans-Joachim Stuck, the beginnings
Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1 January 1951 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen), is a German racing driver who has competed in Formula One, two podiums in a Brabham-Alfa, and in many other categories. Note his now legendary helmet design (picture above).The always friendly and funny, tall (1,94m) and blond Bavarian is nowadays living in Austria. He is the son […]
Armada BRM
Howden Ganley from New Zealand (picture above) pushes his BRM P180 hard during practice for the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix. He qualifies in 20th position, over three seconds slower than pole-man Emerson Fittipaldi in his Lotus 72. Five (!) BRM’s were entered for this Monaco Grand Prix. Jean-Pierre Beltoise was 4th on the grid, Peter […]
“Run it until it breaks”
Gary Bettenhausen led 138 laps of the 1972 Indianapolis 500, until his car suffered ignition trouble on lap 176 of 200, and he coasted to the pits. Gary’s Penske teammate Mark Donohue won the race, after leading only the final 13 laps. Roger Penske’s crew (picture above) in action as Gary Bettenhausen makes a pit […]
Mike Beuttler
Mike Beuttler (13 April 1940 – 29 December 1988) was a British racing driver born in Cairo (Egypt). He showed some promise in Formula 3 and quickly moved up to Formula One in a privately entered March, sponsored by friends stockbrokers. Openly gay at a time when that was a hard thing to be, especially […]
Teddy Pilette
Teddy Pilette, born 26 July 1942 in Brussels, is a former racing driver from Belgium. He drove in all categories of circuit racing including Formula 1, Formula 5000, endurance races and much much more. He participated in 4 F1 Grand Prix for Brabham and then for BRM in 1974 and 1977 (picture-below). Teddy also participated […]
A Brazilian in Can-Am
In 1972, the very popular and richly endowed Can-Am series, that gathered the powerful Groupe 7 open prototypes, attracted the best Formula 1 drivers, amongst them the young Brazilian Carlos Pace, seen here at the wheel of a Shadow MK3 (picture-above) at Edmonton in Canada, where he finished in fourth. He was again going to […]
The Alfa man, but not only
Andrea de Adamich (born 3 October 1941) is a former racing driver from Trieste in Italy. He participated in 34 Formula One Grand Prix for the Ferrari, McLaren, March, Surtees and Brabham teams and scored a total of six championship points. Picture above: Andrea de Adamich (Surtees TS9B Cosworth), during practice for the Monaco Grand […]
Inspired by Jean Behra
Patrick Depailler was a Formula One driver from France who participated in 95 Grand Prix. As a child, he was inspired by the exploits of Jean Behra. Talented and charismatic like his hero, Depailler won the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix for Tyrrell and the 1979 Spanish Grand Prix for Ligier. In 1966, he went to […]