Spark plugs? They used to change spark plugs at a pit stop?
Bill & Skip Pugh wrote:
>I vote for the 1956 Version of the "Racers" w/Kirk Douglas...roughly
>based on the life of Nuvolari, many great race scenes and still
>available on VHS from Amazon...you can fast forward past the
>'lovey" stuff...Great scene when he gets his F1 driving chance,
>while observing a pit stop, they wonder at the speed in which it
>is done...4 tires, gas, 4 spark plugs in "less than 30 seconds"
>Wonder what Schumacher would think of a 30 second pit stop...<G>
>Many great driving scenes from actual footage of F1 races in the mid 50s...
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George Richardson
1957 Triumph TR3 - TS15559L http://www.key-men.com/triumph
1975 Triumph TR6 - Undergoing restoration
1972 Triumph Stag - Daily Driver
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