A Friend Remembered A Tribute to Mike Bell 2021 Calendar

broadrun96 · 26 Aug 2020, 15:43 (Ref:3998088)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I think those colours are actually very stylish, personally.... Whilst iconic, the Gulf colours have been done to death....

Exactly what he says at the end, it WAS iconic but has been massively over done of late. Variation of it would be ok but honestly it needs a break big time. Find a new livery.

Akrapovic · 26 Aug 2020, 15:55 (Ref:3998092)

Gulf should be like, some sort of reserved livery now. You don't do it without exceptional circumstances.

**Adam43** · 26 Aug 2020, 17:03 (Ref:3998118)

Agreed. On a related note. Steve McQueen is less king of cool now as others have overdone it.

We need no one to mention of paint their cars gulf for a couple of decades and then we will be back on track.

GT6 · 26 Aug 2020, 18:30 (Ref:3998135)

Not sure about the comment on Steve Mcqueen, the younger generation always seem to not just know who he was but still like his irreverent style, todays stars have to be totally politically correct so can't compete.

S griffin · 27 Aug 2020, 15:28 (Ref:3998312)

Unless he's talking about the director Steve McQueen

Deleted · 27 Aug 2020, 20:32 (Ref:3998383)

Seeing Gulf colors today is like seeing any conveyor belt produced Star Wars sequel, the shell is there but inside is all hollow

helgi · 31 Aug 2020, 08:05 (Ref:3999155)

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Originally Posted by GT6

Not sure about the comment on Steve Mcqueen, the younger generation always seem to not just know who he was but still like his irreverent style, todays stars have to be totally politically correct so can't compete.

[politics_free_post] Judging by the statistics he was a far better driver when cars were 0,1% as safe as they are now. [/politics_free_post]

GT6 · 31 Aug 2020, 10:42 (Ref:3999177)

Both Steve Mcqueen and Paul Newman acquitted themselves very well at le mans.

S griffin · 31 Aug 2020, 11:53 (Ref:3999201)

Except Steve McQueen didn’t actually race at Le Mans. He did come second at Sebring though

chernaudi · 31 Aug 2020, 15:59 (Ref:3999246)

He did enter a car for the 1970 race. It finished but wasn't classified due to insufficient distance because of how frequently it had to pit, usually to change film as it was a camera car for collecting footage for the film Le Mans.

**Aysedasi** · 1 Sep 2020, 11:00 (Ref:3999380)

That car ran very well. As I recall, McQueen was gutted about not being able to race. Insurance issues, I believe...

S griffin · 1 Sep 2020, 12:58 (Ref:3999413)

Yes now you mention it, I do seem to remember hearing something about that in the documentary about the Le Mans movie I saw earlier this year. If you haven’t seen that documentary, check it out. It’s a very fascinating piece

chernaudi · 1 Sep 2020, 13:05 (Ref:3999420)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

That car ran very well. As I recall, McQueen was gutted about not being able to race. Insurance issues, I believe...

Well, it wasn't classified, but it did finish and given that it was 1970's race, ran well aside from the frequent stops to change film.

Probably the most odd-ball DNF/NC in the history of Le Mans

crmalcolm · 1 Sep 2020, 13:16 (Ref:3999426)

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Originally Posted by chernaudi

Well, it wasn't classified, but it did finish and given that it was 1970's race, ran well aside from the frequent stops to change film.

Probably the most odd-ball DNF/NC in the history of Le Mans

Are you referring to car #26, or car #29?

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McQueen was due to partner Stewart in car #26, but did not take to the grid and are officially recorded as withdrawn.

Car #29 was entered under Solar Productions (the film company) and was driven by Herbert Linge and Jonathan Williams. The car was on pace, but lengthy pit stops to replace the film in the camera meant that it did not complete enough race distance to be classified.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100304.../70lemans.html