Vic Elford
 

A sad goodbye to Quick Vic. RIP.

https://racer.com/2022/03/13/vic-elford-1935-2022/

I salute you.

Wow. While these things are inevitable, it's still always a little sad when these great racers pass away. RIP, Quick Vic.

Seen Vic race at Nurburgring and Silverstone Circuit. 1970-1977

how sad. what a great talent & a fine gentleman. loved racing Porsches so much he wrote a classic book about how to drive one... quick, fast & exacting. always approachable at events & a treat to talk with about those days, cars, fellow competitors and his own exploits. that chase @ the Targa ... one of the greatest drives of all time. may he set a record getting past St Peter at the Pearly Finish Line.

Vic was in the room next door to mine once at a hotel. We rode down the elevator to a group chat about his driving days. He was a fascinating speaker and talks about many of the great cars he drove. Very nice guy.

Vic Elford 917 Ace...


An expert form this article sums Vic up well.

"In May (1968) he scored a win that he would later select as the race of his life. After losing around 18 minutes thanks to a lost wheel and a puncture, Elford pulverised the Targa Florio lap record to win, sharing a 907 with Umberto Maglioli.

“You could have blindfolded me, put me into a helicopter and dropped me anywhere on the Targa and I’d have known where I was,” said Elford of the 45-mile Sicilian circuit. “Real tracks like the Targa Florio and Nurburgring Nordschleife were the best.”"

He was one of the best. God Speed VE!

Saw him speak once - humble, down to earth guy with stories that kept you at the edge of your seat for hours on end...

Goodbye Quick Vic: may you always hit that perfect apex turn after turn, lap after lap, in the great racetrack up in the heavens...

RIP Mr. Elford.

Very nice guy. I visited him at home on a couple of occasions and had him as my Skip Barber instructor decades ago. He will be missed.

RIP. I enjoyed his book "Porsche High-Performance Driving Handbook"

He spoke at an NNJR meeting several years ago. I'm glad I got to see and hear him in person. It's not often you get to meet your heroes.

Awww man. Yes, I bought his book too. Always remembered his comment about seating position being al low as possible.

One of the legends. RIP.

One of the greats of a glorious era....

A well written book. A lot of things made sense and he compiled them into a very readable book.

I was there for that as well. After I read his Porsche High Performance Driving book.

Me too, but it didn't do me one lick of good, he never said what line I was supposed to get in to get the talent.

Saw him lecture at the Parade in Portland. Great speaker, shook my hand, a good day.

Heard him speak there as well. Definitely one of the greats.

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