Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice series of things past - I really like the colours there OTT: any shot featuring Ted early rock'n rolling? Bien cordialement de Metz Philippe Le 9 janv. 12 ? 00:11, Ric Carter a ?crit : > i'm glad you are making a public archive of these shots > > good job > > ric > > > On Jan 8, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Robert Baron wrote: > >> I'm still finding and scanning some old Ektachrome slides of racing >> from the sixties and seventies. >> >> In 1966 I went to see the track near the beach resort town of >> Zandvoort, Holland, which held F1 races from the fifties to the >> mid-eighties. I was not there on an F1 race weekend but I did make a >> couple of shots of the track and of the beach: >> >> http://www.bobbaron.com/Zandvoort1966/index.html >> >> In July 1970 I was at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, for Continental >> Formula >> and TransAm sedan races. By then I was out of school and working >> so I >> assume it was a vacation trip of some sort; looking at these slides I >> have vague memories of an extremely long but not-very-sharp third >> party lens, obviously mounted on some sort of slr body but I sure >> don't remember what: >> >> http://www.bobbaron.com/ElkhartLakeJuly1970/index.html >> >> In 1972 I was visiting friends in Heidelberg, Germany, and we drove >> over to see the Hockenheim Ring. Again it was not a race weekend but >> I took a few snaps of the track: >> >> http://www.bobbaron.com/HockenheimRing1972/index.html >> >> I do remember having a long supper at a very nice hotel restaurant >> not >> far from the track that had walls lined with photos of then current >> and past F1 drivers. I have no idea what it was called but it was >> probably well known, at least then. >> >> And I've been compiling these links at >> http://bobbaron.tumblr.com/post/14687062155/old-tracks-old-races >> >> --Bob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information