Last week in the Epilogue to the French Grand Prix at Tours, we included a link to a YouTube video called ‘Supercharged, The Grand Prix Car, 1924-1939.’ It is a shortened version of the original 79 minute VCR that was produced in 1985. (which now can only be found used). The video covers all Grand Prix racing from 1924-1939, from Donnington to Tripoli. It’s one of the best of the genre we’ve ever seen, with scenes in color by George Monkhouse, restored cars being driven by John Watson, and much more great documentary film, well edited and well written. The footage of the Silver Arrows is particularly interesting in light of this year’s Goodwood Revival (covered this week, below).
If you haven’t seen it, click on the image at left to watch it. You’ll return to VeloceToday with a new appreciation of those very important interwar years. _________________
Peter,
Thank you for the absolutely fabulous presentation of early GP racing. I thought that
I had seen them all, but yours was the best.
Thanks again,
Jerry
Great story..I was very fortunate to be invited, around 1982, to visit Mike Sparken at his Cap Ferrat home, near Nice, he personally showed me his cars, neathly stored, each car behind a glass door in his garden.
I remember another important fact about Mike,at that time, he owned & managed
FLEXOVIT, a high pressure oil lines factory near Paris, I had purchased some of his product when restoring a Ferrari GTO, as a matter of facts, he was supplying
his lines to car manufacturers, as well.
Thank you Pete, for constantly bringing great
stories that bring back memories, such as this one…Serge from Nice, France