The trouble with V8's...

[spannerdude]

Too many components all wanting to go in different directions

Not great shots as I had to swing round and grab them in haste but I thought I'd share anyway.

 

[whitewash]

nice sequence the fire looks great


well caught!

 

[oldgit]

nice sequence the fire looks great

... unless you are driving perhaps?

well caught!

 

[Joe T]

Poor Galaxie

 

[Lady Pitstop]

he was just warming his tyres up

 

[spannerdude]

Poor Galaxie

Not really, as it floated across the shipping lanes like the stricken Torre Canyon it created a trail of devastation that culminated in this:

and ultimately this:

(I didn't get the impact of either because the kn*b jockey to my right insisted on virtualy climbing over the fence in front of me each time.)

 

[spannerdude]

he was just warming his tyres up

He was in a hurry, so he set fire to his socks and set off "hot foot" for the finish line.....I'll get my coat

 

[dod]

nice sequence the fire looks great

It does, doesn't it, nice series

 

[russdaz]

No hate seeing histroics damaged like that.

Was the driver of the last ok? by the damage that was heavy in a car not designed to be crashed.

nice captures tho

 

[spannerdude]

Absolutely Russ, it is heartbreaking to see original and unique machines damaged like this.
Fortunately the damage is easier to repair than it probably looks but there is a sense of Triggers broom about it. When it has had 10 new heads and 5 new handles is it the same broom?
But still, it would be as big a shame to hide them away in a stuffy museum.

 

[russdaz]

I totally agree, the racing is amoungst the best out there tbh, so many different cars with soo many different engines etc etc, id watch historic racing over the current F1.