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Originally posted by hpv
Jeff,
Le Mans was the last true Road Racing film.1969 It seems that the top actors since
don't have the Passion that Steve Mc Queen had.He put it on the line and no filmakers have .John Frankenheimer Director of Grand Prix
made RONIN with great chase nearly as exiciting as Bullit was sole
director of great car films. It seems that there is a vacancy for true race films. HPV
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Speaking about Lemans. This is how they did the crash scene of the 917. The car was a Lola T70 chassis that had the 917 bodywork on it. (Much cheaper to sacrifice than a 917). The car was rigged with a remote control and set free. The car actually lost its radio signal and full throttled away into the Armco producing a stellar perfect crash with multiple camera's running. On another note it was not this crash that driver David Piper lost his foot. .
Driverless car at full throttle
Radio control man after the wreck of the first Ferrari in the film. This was also a Lola sacrificed as they were cheap and expendable.
Ford Gt40 camera car just for the film. I dont recall a spyder version. Hum? Where is that car today?
Jeff Hail