And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Not a Ford...Porsche "Longtail" 917...they'd run circles around a GT40. They'd hit 230-240+ on The Mulsanne Straight. If I remember right they were around 1200+ HP....
I remember seeing the 917 race in the CanAm series at Leguna Seca. As I recall the car weighed 2300 lbs with 1200 hp. I believe Mark Donahue was the driver. That car could smoke the tires at any speed!!
Ford J Car, an evolution of the GT 40 series. Not as pretty as the lovely GT 40s IMO.
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Not a Ford...Porsche "Longtail" 917...they'd run circles around a GT40. They'd hit 230-240+ on The Mulsanne Straight. If I remember right they were around 1200+ HP....
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ReplyDeleteSteve McQueen, Le Mans, 1971.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing the 917 race in the CanAm series at Leguna Seca. As I recall the car weighed 2300 lbs with 1200 hp. I believe Mark Donahue was the driver. That car could smoke the tires at any speed!!
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