Practice lap in a Jag- Le Mans 1956
 

they were kind of stingy with the armco back then, oh, and bring a shovel - just in case...

https://vimeo.com/59410466#at=3D0

Bill K

Bill - Thank you kindly for sharing! A keeper for the vid collector..

<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/59410466?color=f0000c" width="500" height="375" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/59410466">Mike Hawthorn(Lemans winner 1955) driving a preview lap on the Lemans track in a Jaguar.(1956!)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/morschproduction">MotorsportMediaNL</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

Excellent, thanks for posting.

Wow, balls of steel.

Cool thanks for posting.

Thank you for posting this clip.

Diverdan

Out for a nice bicycle ride when a D Jag goes by at full chat! (Okay, he wasn't at race speeds but he wasn't going slow either.) Love the Renault driver swerving back into his own lane when the D comes along.

Man those D types were sexy

180 mph with that helmet :eek:

Looks like he had his goggles on top of the visor while driving the lap and on when they took a pic from the front.

Just a little drive through the French countryside.
Interesting how the spoke of the steering wheel is pointing up instead of down.

Call me nostalgic, but that was the golden age of drivers and racing.

Amazing!

175 mph in 1956,

I like the Ignition noise coming through to the tape.

Carter