Never got to Bridgehampton. My parents went for the '66 USRRC race. Still have some slides my dad took, Hill in the Chaparral, Surtees in a Lola T70. Lovely race cars.
Here ya' go.....both races had some big names for what they were..... USRRC Bridgehampton 4.round Race: * 70 laps = 321,064 km AVG: 158,343 km/h FL: Jerry Grant Lola T70 Ford 165,1187 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice Classified: 1. - Jerry Grant / USA Lola T70 Ford All American Racers 70 2:02:04,800 2. - Lothar Motschenbacher / USA McLaren - Oldsmobile 70 3. - Mike Goth / USA McLaren - Chevrolet 69 4. - Scooter Patrick / USA Porsche 906 68 5. - Herb Wetanson / USA Porsche 906 68 6. - Peter Gregg / USA Porsche 906 68 7. - Skip Barber / USA Brabham BT8 67 8. - John Morton / USA Lotus - Porsche 67 9. - Don Skogmo Genie - Oldsmobile 66 10. - Bob Nagel / USA Elva - BMW 66 11. - Bud Morley / USA McLaren - Ford 66 12. - Ralph Treischmann Porsche 906 65 13. - Richard Thompson / USA Ford GT40 1049 64 14. - Mike Hall / USA Porsche 906 64 15. - William Wonder / USA Ford GT40 GT/103 William Wonder 64 16. - John Cannon / CDN Genie - Chevrolet 63 17. - George Wintersteen / USA Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sp 62 18. - Doug Revson / USA Lotus 23 62 19. - Fred Ashplant Elva - BMW 59 20. - Robert Colombosian Lotus Elan 58 21. - Sam Posey / USA Porsche 904 GTS 58 22. - Earl Jones / USA Genie Mk10 45 23. - Oscar Koveleski / USA Cooper - Chevrolet 38 Did not finish: - Bob Grossman / USA Ferrari 330P 53 DNF - George Ralph Elva Mk8 51 DNF - Chuck Parsons / USA Genie - Chevrolet 32 DNF - Joe Buzzetta / USA Porsche 906 31 DNF - Ed Hamill Hamill - Oldsmobile 31 DNF - Bob Montana McKee - Plymouth 14 DNF - Jerry Crawford Lola T70 10 DNF - Allan Friedland McKee - Ford 9 DNF - Jerry Hansen / USA Lotus 19 Chevrolet 3 DNF - Sherman Decker Lola - Ford 3 DNF - Sy Kabach ? DQ Can-Am Bridgehampton 7.round Started: 20 Race: 4,587 km * 70 laps = 321,064 km AVG: 183,019 km/h FL: Denny Hulme 5 McLaren M8B Chevrolet 1:26,640 191,4299 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice Classified: 1. 5 Denny Hulme / NZ McLaren M8B Chevrolet McLaren 70 1:45:40,580 2. 1:24,940 2. 4 Bruce McLaren / NZ McLaren M8B Chevrolet McLaren 70 1:45:41,000 1. 1:24,620 3. 0 Jo Siffert / CH Porsche 917 PA 028 Porsche - Audi 70 1:46:41,000 7. 1:29,190 4. 11 Lothar Motschenbacher / USA McLaren M12 Chevrolet 67 9. 1:29,980 5. 12 Pedro Rodriguez / MEX Ferrari 312P Coupé 0870 North American Racing Team 66 11. 1:34,420 6. 9 Tony Dean / GB Porsche 908-2 Spyder 014 66 12. 1:35,510 7. 10 Chuck Parsons / USA Lola T163 Chevrolet 65 8. 1:29,240 8. 28 Dick Brown / USA McLaren M6B Chevrolet 63 13. 1:36,960 9. 77 Leonard Janke / USA McLaren M1C Chevrolet 62 17. 1:42,890 10. 18 Kris Harrison McLaren M1C Chevrolet 62 16. 1:42,530 11. 79 Tom Dutton / USA Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet 61 14. 1:38,750 12. 8 William Wonder / USA McLaren M1C Ford 60 15. 1:41,310 13. 97 Ron Goldleaf / USA Lola T70 Chevrolet 57 19. 1:47,490 Did not finish: 14. 7 John Surtees / GB McLaren M12 Chevrolet Chaparral 56 blown engine 4. 1:26,530 15. 98 George Eaton / CDN McLaren M12 Chevrolet 56 blown engine 6. 1:28,850 16. 75 Bob Dini / USA Lola T162 Chevrolet 28 engine failure 10. 1:34,350 17. 31 Peter Revson / USA Lola T163 Chevrolet 10 broken spindle 5. 1:28,650 18. 16 Chris Amon / NZ Ferrari 612P 3 broken oil pum 3. 1:26,310 19. 29 Jef Stevens / USA Lola T70 Chevrolet 2 blown engine 18. 1:43,310 20. 24 Bob Nagel / USA Lola T70 Mk.3B Ford 2 water pump bel 20. 0:00,000
I think you're thinkin' of the '66 Can Am race as Surtees and Hill weren't in the USRRC one...... Bridgehampton GP, Long Islad, N.Y. 18.9.1966 Can-Am Bridgehampton 2.round Spectators: 27 000 Started: 31 Race: 4,587 km * 70 laps = 321,064 km AVG: 169,800 km/h FL: Dan Gurney 30 Lola T70 Mk.2 Ford 1:34,280 175,2254 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Group Practice Classified: 1. 30 Dan Gurney / USA Lola T70 Mk.2 Ford SL71/34 All American Racers 70 1:53:22,420 1. 1:33,200 2. 5 Chris Amon / NZ McLaren M1B Chevrolet 1-66 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 70 1:53:22,900 4. 1:33,400 3. 4 Bruce McLaren / NZ McLaren M1B Chevrolet Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 70 3. 1:33,400 4. 65 Phil Hill / USA Chaparral 2E Chevrole 2E001 Chaparral Cars, Midland Tex 70 5. 1:34,400 5. 6 Mark Donohue / USA Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevr SL71/35 Roger Penske 69 6. 6. 10 Chuck Parsons / USA McLaren M1B Chevrolet 67 10. 7. 8 Jerry Grant / USA Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevr SL70/10 All American Racers 66 11. 8. 33 Sam Posey / USA McLaren M1B Ford Caldwell Racing 66 16. 9. 38 Dick Brown / USA McKee - Ford 65 19. 10. 52 Bill Eve / USA Genie Mk.10 Ford 64 28. 11. 17 Joe Buzzetta / USA Porsche 906 64 25. 12. 12 Doug Revson / USA Porsche 906 64 24. 13. 00 Bobby Brown / USA Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevr SL71/29 Bob Brown 64 21. 14. 29 Bob Bucher / USA Lola T70 Mk.2 Ford Bob Bucher 63 36. 15. 25 Paul Hawkins / AUS Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevr SL71/38 Jackie Epstein 60 23. 16. 36 Jack Ryan / USA Genie - Chevrolet 59 35. 17. 15 Herb Wetanson / USA Porsche 906 59 30. 18. 77 Gene Stanton Stanton Spl. Gene Stanton 55 31. Disqualified: 23 George Alderman / USA Lola T70 Mk.2 Ford SL71/40 Entered paddoc 18. Did not finish: 19. 19 Skip Scott / USA McLaren M1B Ford 62 Battery 9. 20. 62 John Cannon / CDN McLaren M1B Chevrolet 59 Brakes 14. 21. 88 Masten Gregory / USA McLaren M1B Chevrolet 58 Spin 13. 22. 1 Charlie Kolb / USA Ferrari Dino 206S 008 North American Racing Team 43 Engine 29. 23. 3 Pedro Rodriguez / MEX Ferrari Dino 206S 018 North American Racing Team 39 Lost wheel 22. 24. 86 Mike Goth / USA McLaren Goth Spl. Chevrolet 36 Lost wheel 7. 25. 41 John Denner Denmacher Mk.2 Porsche John Denner 31 Ring & pinion 32. 26. 16 George Follmer / USA Lola T70 Mk.2 Ford SL71/25 John Mecom Racing 29 Oil pressure 8. 27. 7 John Surtees / GB Lola T70 Mk.2 C SL71/43or48 Team Surtees 17 Oil pipe, elec 2. 1:33,400 28. 96 Lothar Motschenbacher / USA McLaren M1B Oldsmobile Motschenbacher Racing Enter 12 Ignition 12. 29. 61 Bud Morley / USA McLaren M1B Ford 10 Gearbox and en 20. 30. 98 Al Unser / USA - DNP Lola T70 Mk.2 Ford John Mecom Racing 7 Accident 15. DNS - Parnelli Jones / USA 31. 60 Ed Hamill Hamill SR3 Spl. Repco 1 Exhaust system 27. - Eno DePasquale / USA Genie - Chevrolet Accident in pr Did not start: 2 William Wonder / USA Genie - Ford Bill Wonder 34. 28 Paul Gammino Bizzarrini P358 Lambo 002 Gammino Construction Co. 37. 66 Jim Hall / USA Chaparral 2E Chevrole 2E001 Chaparral Cars, Midland Tex Withdrew for H 1:32,900 70 Crawford Lola T70 Mk.2 Chrysler 33. 95 Bob Harris McLaren M1A Oldsmobile 26. 97 Charlie Hayes / USA McLaren M1B Chevrolet 001 17.
A good season for IndyCar, even if this race didn't hold much drama. Congrats to Colton Herta on the kid's second win of the season. Amazing!
As they should be at a road course. The race was well attended as noted by the broadcast and many (another board) attending posted they hadn't seen so many since the CART days.
I thought it was an exciting race. you don't need a lot of contact, spins etc to be exciting. congrats to Newgarden and Herta. bummer that Herta didn't get ROTY with two wins and three poles, but consistency and reliability matters
Herta’s star is surely on the rise. Seems to have a similar amount of precocious natural talent as Max Verstappen, but without the latter’s smug, unrepentant attitude and propensity for being mistake-prone.
Ratings for Laguna Seca finale up 40% over last year. Granted they're starting from low ground, but good news nevertheless.
Sure, when the competition is the NFL with its many inept teams, penalties on every down and 10 minute video reviews of every play, Indy Car racing is a damned attractive alternative. The race was enjoyable even if there wasn't a lot of dicing at the pointy end. I was pulling for Felix Rosenqvist to mix it up with the Top 4 but fifth was best he could manage. Great race for him after Saturday's disappointment in qualifying. Bodes well for Indy Car. An impressive lineup of rookies this year, competition between four of the top veterans for the championship went right down to the last race. BHW
It's also nice when you see minnow teams like Dale Coyne being able to, at least occasionally, mix it up with the big guys. That's an impossibility in F1. If you're not Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull your chances of winning, or even a podium, are nil.
True enuff. Ain't the variety of venues great? Hi-tech, low tech; open wheel, sportscars; stock cars, prototypes. It's all awesome. Sumpin' for everyone. Lucky me....I enjoy it all. Some more than others , but, all nonetheless. (edit...I lied. I just can't get into FE, try as I have... )
'Hear ya'. Seriously, I'd rather watch kids race (not bumpin' and bangin') 3 1/2 horse Briggs & Stratton go-karts than FE.
Has Newgarden's second Indy Car championship fueled any more F-1 speculation? That plumb Williams seat just opened... BHW
he spent a lot of time in his early career in FF, Formula Audi, GP3, etc. so yes I do think he has, or had, those aspirations. but you'd have to be bat **** crazy to trade a Penske IndyCar ride for a ride with Williams (or half a dozen other F1 teams).
Le'ssee.....spec IndyCar = F1 seat...? Uhhhhhhhh..........no. CART (pre split)?.....I woulda' said sorta' yes. Two championships in CTIC (Coin Toss IndyCar) (with Penske no less) is hardly indicative of F1 level driving. Again, not knockin' IRL, I enjoy it for what it is. (I play the wheel and roll the dice on occasion too, even though I prefer blackjack....). 'Just honest evaluation.
