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The cars are from the 1970 World Sportscar Championship season.
To be more specific, the cars are from the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The track is run on the Indianapolis OVAL, and is actually 24 minutes.
Qualifying is already done, here is the starting grid:
1 - (#25) Vic Elford (England) - Porsche 917L
2 - (#20) Jo Siffert (Switzerland) - Porsche 917K
3 - (#14) Joakim Bonnier (Sweden) - Ferrari 512S
4 - (#3) Gérard Larrousse (France) - Porsche 917L
5 - (#16) Gianpiero Moretti (Italy) - Ferrari 512S
6 - (#22) David Hobbs (England) - Porsche 917K
7 - (#8) Clay Regazzoni (Switzerland) - Ferrari 512S
8 - (#23) Hans Herrmann (Germany) - Porsche 917K
9 - (#15) Mike Parkes (England) - Ferrari 512S
10 - (#9) José Juncadella (Spain) - Ferrari 512S
11 - (#7) Derek Bell (England) - Ferrari 512S
12 - (#38) Teodoro Zeccoli (Italy) - Alfa Romeo T33/3
13 - (#6) Nino Vaccarella (Italy) - Ferrari 512S
14 - (#32) Jack Brabham (Australia) - Marta-Simca MS650
15 - (#18) David Piper (England) - Porsche 917K
16 - (#11) Ronnie Bucknum (USA) - Ferrari 512S
17 - (#37) Toine Hezemans (Netherlands) - Alfa Romeo T33/3
18 - (#57) Tony Adamowicz (USA) - Ferrari 312P Coupe
19 - (#36) Piers Courage (England) - Alfa Romeo T33/3
20 - (#5) Jacky Ickx (Belgium) - Ferrari 512S
21 - (#35) Nanni Galli (Italy) - Alfa Romeo T33/3
22 - (#21) Pedro Rodríguez (Mexico) - Porsche 917K
23 - (#30) Patrick Depailler (France) - Matra-Simca MS650
24 - (#31) Jean-Pierre Beltoise (France) - Matra-Simca MS650
25 - (#12) Hughes de Fierlandt (Belgium) - Ferrari 512S
26 - (#4) Teddy Pilette (Belgium) - Lola T70 Mk. IIIB
27 - (#10) Helmut Kelleners (Germany) - Ferrari 512S
28 - (#27) Rudi Lins (Austria) - Porsche 908/2L
29 - (#34) Roger Enever (England) - Healey SR XR37
30 - (#48) Julian Vernaeve (Belgium) - Chevron B16
31 - (#49) Ian Skailes (England) - Chevron B16
32 - (#2) Henri Greder (France) - Chevrolet Corvette C3
33 - (#44) Clive Baker (England) - Chevron B16
34 - (#1) Joseph Bourdon (France) - Chevrolet Corvette C3
35 - (#60) Daniel Rouveyran (France) - Porsche 910
36 - (#46) Christian Poirot (France) - Porsche 910
37 - (#62) René Mazzia (France) - Porsche 911S
38 - (#47) Erwin Kremer (Germany) - Porsche 911S
39 - (#65) Claude Haldi (Switzerland) - Porsche 911S
40 - (#66) Jean-Claude Lagniez (France) - Porsche 911S
41 - (#59) Jean Egreteaud (France) - Porsche 911S
42 - (#45) Claude Laurent (France) - Porsche 911S
43 - (#42) Sylvain Garant (France) - Porsche 911TH
44 - (#43) Jean-Pierre Gaban (Belgium) - Porsche 911S
45 - (#40) Claude Ballot-Léna (France) - Porsche 911S
46 - (#63) Jacques Rey (Switzerland) - Porsche 911S
47 - (#64) Jean Sage (France) - Porsche 911S
48 - (#67) Jean-Claude Parot (France) - Porsche 911S |
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SIFFERT IS INTO THE WALL RIGHT AT THE START
He manages to keep his car on the track and continue, and he is still somehow in 2nd.
However, Elford already has a lead of 1 second in the first minute. |
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Sunset starts as Joakim Bonnier starts to catch up to Elford. |
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Bonnier is right on the tail of Elford!
It's getting darker and darker now... |
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Jean Sage gets the unfortunate honour of being the first to be lapped, as the leaders start to lap a huge backfield of backmarkers. |
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The Elford-Bonnier battle continues into the night, as they are now 3 and a half seconds ahead of Clay Regazzoni, who is in 3rd place. |
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ELFORD IS INTO THE WALL!!!
THAT MEANS THAT JOAKIM BONNIER WILL TAKE THE LEAD!!! |
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AND NOW BONNIER HITS THE WALL!!!
ELFORD TAKES THE LEAD AGAIN, AND HE IS PULLING AWAY LIKE A CHEETAH RUNNING FROM A TURTLE!!! |
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Cap the song is the Pokemon Battle frontier theme song |
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At sunrise, Elford and Bonnier lap some more backmarkers, some of them being the ones they lapped earlier.
Sage has now been lapped twice. |
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Ickx and Hermann pit.
AND NOW ELFORD AND BONNIER ARE BATTLING FOR FIRST AGAIN!
BONNIER IN THE LEAD THIS TIME.
AND HE GETS PASSED BY ELFORD AGAIN! |
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AND NOW WE HAVE CLAY REGAZZONI IN THE MIX TOO |
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Hughes de Fierlandt is pitting for serious car damage.
This could drop him back a lot. |
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BONNIER IS PITTING FOR CAR DAMAGE!
ELFORD LOOKS SET TO WIN, BECAUSE WE ARE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AGAIN AND HE IS 5 SECONDS AHEAD OF REGAZZONI |
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Larrousse and Siffert are having an epic duel for 3rd place. |
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5 HOURS (minutes) REMAINING!!! |
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Elford is starting to lap some of the faster backmarkers. |
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With not much time left at all, and Elford being very far ahead of Regazzoni, this looks over.
WE'RE INTO THE FINAL HOUR! |
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TIME OVER!!!
VIC ELFORD WINS!!!
TOP 10
1 - Vic Elford
2 - Clay Regazzoni
3 - Gérard Larrousse
4 - Jo Siffert
5 - Pedro Rodríguez
6 - Nino Vaccarella
7 - David Hobbs
8 - David Piper
9 - Mike Parkes
10 - Helmut Kellners |
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