History O/T A fitting tribute to Bruce McLaren's passing

On the 40th anniversary of Bruce's death, the McLaren factory gave him one minute of NOISE! A fitting, racer's memorial! Gary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZHMjdzw0w0

 

Killer! Can-Am and Indy cars are what got me hooked on race cars as a kid. I could listen to that all day. Thanks.

Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970), born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor.
His name lives on in the McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, with McLaren cars and drivers winning a total of 20 world championships. McLaren cars totally dominated CanAm sports car racing with 56 wins, a considerable number of them with him behind the wheel, between 1967 and 1972 (and five constructors’ championships), and have won three Indianapolis 500 races, as well as 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring.

1959 Sebring



Slim

 

*****-ific!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

one great kiwi and one of many.
great stuff.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsNPg6gGkJA

 

The only kind of racing I really got into was Can-Am. Those cars wer just monsters, and the McLarens were my favorites.

 

That my friend is a GREAT way to start a weekend! Thanks!

 

Thank you.

What a fitting tribute.


jerry

 

I would have loved to have been there! Damn,what glorious music that must have been! Kudos to whomever had and approved that idea;that's how you run a biz.

And,lest we forget;his fellow Kiwi(and one of my favorite drivers,who I missed meeting by FIVE minutes at an automobilia shop in the Detroit area years ago!), Mr. Denis Hulme. I share my birthday with him(the 18th) along with another McLaren figure,Sir Gordon Murray. Gordon Buerhig was also born that day;seems like some National,no "World" holiday paying homage to the motor vehicle would be in order on that day. No matter,I've already got the day off...