[kycarguy 935]

I have been to about 15 F-1 races since 1976 at Long Beach, Ca. and the late 70's and early 80's were very special times in F-1. One of the reasons is teams like Tyrell and Lotus were trying many different things and secret designs that were only displayed during the first practice. I guess they didn't have so many rules back then and teams tried alot of different set ups. Back then too I could walk right up and talk to Mario or Gilles Villenueve , Jody Scheckter, James Hunt, Jackie Stewart, Clay Regazzoni and other of my other favorite drivers. Growing up in L.B. and hearing the cars practice at the LBGP is something amazing and still have great memories. I flew over the race in a helicopter during the 77 or 78 GP with the door open on the heli to get some pictures..would they let me do that now?...haha...I doubt it.

I know the 60's was exciting too but was too little to remember much about it. I still love F-1 and is still exciting but to me not as exciting as it use to be.