RACING VIDEOS 
John Wyer Gulf GT40's and 917's
Two great films from the golden era of sports car racing. 'Never Start Something You Can't Stop' is a very good Ferodo film covering the victorious Gulf-Wyer team of Ford GT40's at LeMans in 1968. The tremendous opening sequence features an in-car lap of LeMans from the cockpit of a GT40. 'A Year to Remember' reviews the 1970 World Sports Car Championship season, dominated by Wyer's Gulf Porsche 917's. The film is narrated by John Wyer himself. 65 minutes. Color.
$39.95
Lap of the Gods
The best in-car tapes around! A spectacular driver's eye view of 23 Grand Prix Circuits - from Adelaide to Zolder - made possible by a centrally mounted film camera. Originally produced for Elf by French director Alain Boisnard, the footage is accented by the commentary of the legendary Murray Walker. Filmed primarily during the Turbo Era, Lap of the Gods utilized drivers such as Alain Prost, Mario Andretti, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Eddie Cheever and many others. One tremendous segment on Part 1 focuses on the feet of Patrick Depailler and the front (4) wheels of his Tyrrell P34 (sans bodywork) as he navigates the circuit at Monaco.
TSV 10 - Part 1 - Adelaide, Anderstorp, Brands Hatch, Buenos Aires, Detroit, Estoril, Hockenheim, Hungaroring, Imola, Kyalami, Long Beach, Monaco. 53 minutes. Color.
TSV 11 - Part 2 - Montreal, Monza, Osterreichring, Paul Ricard, Rio, Silverstone, Spa, Suzuka, Watkins Glen, Zandvoort, Zolder. 57 minutes. Color.
Historian Chris Nixon uncovered this spectacular original footage from the Auto Union archives in Germany. It's the story of Auto Union and their challenge to Mercedes in the 1030's. Part One (1934-1937) covers the birth of Auto Union and Dr. Porsche's mid-engined masterpiece. Hans Stuck and Bernd Rosemeyer challenge the mighty Mercedes team led by Rudolf Caracciola. Part Two (1937-1939) covers Tazio Nuvolari's wins at Monza and Donington, Rosemeyer's fatal speed record attempt and the team' efforts all the way up to their win at Belgrade-the day Germany invaded Poland and the Auto Union efforts ended.
Major history here.
Our pick as the best new racing video of the year is this fabulous collection of Grand Prix highlights presented by the incomarable Murray Walker. A full 90 minutes of F1 highlights - complete with Murray's original commentary - relive some of the great battles and victories of the past 20 years. My personal favorite: Murray calls the famous wheel banging duel between Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux as they fight for second place in the 1979 French GP.
Plenty of Senna, Prost and Mansell action as well along with a selection of humerous outtakes and bloopers and a special tribute to Walker's long time broadcast partner James Hunt.
This is it! Claude Lelouch's legendary 9-minute, Ferrari Banzai run thru Paris at dawn. You've heard about it, you may have even seen a grainy, third generation copy at your car club meeting but this is the original, studio produced video.
Expensive, but most classics are!
$49.95
Long recognized as the finest (along with Grand Prix) racing film ever produced, LeMans has now become a cult classic in it's own right. Steve McQueen used a squadron of Porsche 917s, Ferrari 512s and Lola T70s to produce the most realistic sports car footage ever.
$15.00 - New Price!
Grand
PrixA bit melodramatic in spots, but John Frankenheimer's racing epic used cutting edge technology to produce the most spectacular racing film of the 1960's. James Garner stars as an American driver who bounces from Ferrari to BRM then to the fictional 'Yamura' GP team in his quest for the World Championship. Highlights from Monaco, Spa (can you name all the real GP stars in the driver's meeting scene?) and Monza along with a fabulous inside look at the Ferrari factory make Grand Prix an important bit of the sport's history as well. Watch for Phil Hill's immortal 'He's on fire!' line. Phil should have gotten Best Supporting Actor for this amazing bit of film!.
Two tape set - 2 hours, 50 minutes - complete with Overture and Interlude soundtracks from the original theatrical release.
$24.95 - Available in 'Letterbox' or 'Full Screen'
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1965 Times Grand Prix Video
Color - 31 Minutes - $24.95
In the pre-Can Am era, the LA Times Grand Prix for Sports Cars at Riverside International Raceway attracted an incredible field of international Grand Prix stars to challenge the top American road racers of the day in unlimited sports racing cars.
The entry for the '65 Times GP was the most impressive in US sports car racing history: Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren, Chris Amon, Jackie Stewart, Ken Miles and David Hobbs led the international contingent with Dan Gurney, A.J. Foyt, Augie Pabst, Peter and Doug Revson, Jim Hall, Hap Sharp, Parnelli Jones, Jerry Grant, Skip Hudson, Chuck Parsons, Bob Bondurant, Ronnie Bucknum, George Follmer, Walt Hansgen, Lothar Motchenbacher, Richie Ginther, Ed Leslie, Jerry Hansen, Jim Hurtubise, Jerry Titus, Charlie Hayes and Skip Scott leading the Americans.
This was to be Mario Andretti's first professional road race, but the works Lola T-70's assigned to him and Jackie Stewart did not qualify for the feature race. A.J. Foyt missed the cut as well in his Lotus 40.
1965 was the year of the Chaparral 2. Jim Hall and Hap Sharp dominated the US road racing scene, winning 16 of the 22 races they entered, including the 12 Hours of Sebring. In Saturday practice, Hall's new Chaparral 2C broke a rear suspension bit and was unable to start, leaving teammate Hap Sharp and his older Chaparral 2 to represent the Lone Star State on race day.
Our film begins with action from the 'last chance' qualifying race, then joins the 200 mile Feature race in progress with Walt Hansgen and Jerry Grant dueling for the lead. Attrition was high, both Hansgen and Grant dropped out early. Bob Bondurant took the lead in his Lola T-70 Chevrolet until crashing out on lap 38, handing the victory to Hap Sharp and the Chaparral. Despite having little or no brakes, World Champion Jim Clark finished second in a works Lotus 40 just ahead of Bruce McLaren in the Elva built McLaren Mk 1 Olds.
Pole sitter Bruce McLaren was the man to watch that day, mounting two impressive charges to the front. At the start, McLaren chose the wrong gear and was catching the leaders when he suffered a punctured tire. Crewman Tyler Alexander is shown changing the wheel the old fashioned way (no air guns in 1965!), dropping McLaren a lap down on the leaders. But the Kiwi mounted another charge, setting fast lap (1:26.8, 108 mph) in the process and nearly catching Clark's Lotus at the finish.
Between race sequences, this 31 minute color film is filled with great interviews. Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Walt Hansgen, Bob Bondurant and the winner, Hap Sharp discuss their race with Chris Economaki, Sharp being very coy about the advantage the adjustable spoiler on his Chaparral gave him in race conditions.
1961 World Champion Phil Hill shares the commentary booth with Charlie Brockman.
Other cars to watch for in this great film are the #71 Ford GTX-1 roadster, driven to 5th overall by a young Chris Amon and the #7 rear engined Scarab, driven by Augie Pabst in it's next to last race.
This film preserves a tremendous piece of road racing history!