"Quick Vic" by his peers Elford was mainly a famous sports car competitor as well as a successful rally driver, associated often with Porsche. Elford started...
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those races, but privateers used the 917K at the Nürburgring 1000 km, and Vic Elford drove a lap of the 44-mile Targa Florio course in the 917K at Ferdinand...
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hillclimbing race in Germany. The team then hired Lucien Bianchi and Vic Elford. Jo Schlesser was signed by Honda to drive the experimental air-cooled...
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African-American jazz trombonist Vic Duggan (1910–2007), Australian speedway racer who won the London Riders' Championship in 1947 Vic Elford (1935–2022), English...
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Church in Canada Richard Elford (c. 1677–1714), English singer Shane Elford (born 1977) Australian rugby league player Vic Elford (1935–2022) English sportscar...
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development, but Salzburg continued. Usually two cars were entered, for Vic Elford and Hans Herrmann. Salzburg operated the winning Porsche 908/3 in the...
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the four-wheel drive Lotus, slowed down during the first lap and saw Vic Elford crashing into him and flying into the trees. The McLaren driver broke...
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race for Cooper as a constructor and Maserati as an engine supplier, Vic Elford finishing seventh and last in a car entered by Colin Crabbe. This race...
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the banking, his teammate Rolf Stommelen supported the #54 driven by Vic Elford/Jochen Neerpasch. When the #52 car of the longtime leaders Jo Siffert/Hans...
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Hours of Le Mans, but neither car finished. In 1970, he partnered with Vic Elford to win the 1000km Nürburgring in a Porsche 908. Ahrens retired after 1970...
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Wyer’s J.W. Automotive. Porsche entered a standard 906 for Ben Pon and Vic Elford, making his Le Mans debut, as well as French privateer Christian Poirot...
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blue), Kanie was partnered by Kiyoshi Misaki in the #6 (yellow), and Vic Elford was recruited to drive the #7 (green) entry, joined by Toshiaki Takahashi...
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This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver Vic Elford. This race saw the first pole position for Jochen Rindt and an Austrian...
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of 218-laps. Two laps further down in third was another 907 driven by Vic Elford and Jochen Neerpasch and fourth place went to another GT40, driven by...
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and three works entries were at Le Mans in langheck (longtail) form for Vic Elford/Richard Attwood and Rolf Stommelen/Kurt Ahrens, with Herbert Linge in...
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race distance was shortened to 12 laps. Notable driver changes included Vic Elford replacing Pedro Rodríguez, who had been killed in a sports car race at...
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picked up a number of ex-Porsche drivers for the three cars entered: Vic Elford/Helmut Marko, Rolf Stommelen/”Nanni” Galli and Nino Vaccarella/Andrea...
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end needing constant attention. The A-bracket was persevered with by Vic Elford and David Seigle-Morris for the 1964 Tour de France Automobile, a 10-day...
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Wippermann, causing a crash that also took out Vic Elford, whose car flipped upside down and landed in the trees. Elford broke his arm in 3 places. In the race...
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failure in the banking, his teammate Rolf Stommelen supported the car of Vic Elford and Jochen Neerpasch.[clarification needed] When the car of the longtime...
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for Ferrari and in 1968 scored his third Targa victory (this time with Vic Elford) in a works Porsche 907. Maglioli retired from racing in 1970. He died...
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performance of the 928 to North America. The drivers Richard Attwood (GB), Vic Elford (GB), Howard Meister (USA) and Bob Hagestad (USA) were told to just "drive...
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Rally Championship as a works team, running a 911 SC for Björn Waldegård and Vic Preston Jr. in the Safari Rally. The project did not continue past this one-off...
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saw another engine failure, and another failure to start; this time, Vic Elford had been driving. Cannon was back in the cockpit for Laguna Seca Raceway...
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on the first lap; Brian Redman was badly injured after crashing), but Vic Elford did manage to set the fastest lap. The next race at the Nürburgring saw...
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"Petroleum Museum | Chaparral 2J". "'Out of this world' Chaparral 2J fan car: Vic Elford on the machine that blew rivals away". November 2020. "1970 Chaparral...
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"Petroleum Museum | Chaparral 2J". "'Out of this world' Chaparral 2J fan car: Vic Elford on the machine that blew rivals away". November 2020. "1970 Chaparral...
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(3 vols) – extensive history of Porsche. Vic Elford, "Reflections on a Golden Era of Motorsport" – covers Vic's rallying, single seater and mostly sports...
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BRM P142 3.0 V12 F Pedro Rodríguez 1–5 Jo Siffert All Howden Ganley All Vic Elford 7 Helmut Marko 8–11 Peter Gethin 8–11 George Eaton 10 John Cannon 11 Équipe...
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Meanwhile, the Colin Crabbe Antique Automobiles team bought the M7B and Vic Elford drove it at the Dutch Grand Prix, finishing 10th. McLaren was fourth,...
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