10-13-2007, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by gfspencer
I agree. I'm pretty sure that's what happened. I was a Corner Captain at Road Atlanta during the CanAm days. I watched a McLaran do the same thing on the long back straight*. It got behind a Porsche, lost downforce and went airborn. I had to turn the McLaren back over! I can't remember who was driving. George Follmer? I don't think it was Bruce McLaren.
(*At least it was long back straight then. I haven't been to Road Atlanta in quite a few years.) |
I was also working corners for SCCA back then, but at East coast tracks. Could have been Peter Revson in the McLaren. Those were the real glory (and sadly, too often gory) days of relatively unrestricted racing.
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