https://www.youtube.com/embed/o9n5jAs9ljk?si=iHuQ3koredKn-BrB
Don’t speak German? You’ll still recognize many of the names running at Nürburgring in 1971: Vic Elford, Jacky Ickx, Jo Siffert, Clay Regazzoni, Derek Bell, Larrousse, Pedro Rodriguez and more.
Plus, there’s the international language of speed and danger.
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Forgot how I came across the video. I don’t speak German but still found it engaging. And everyone looks so young. :)
wspohn
UltraDork
5/6/25 1:30 p.m.
Great video - in any language. Hard to believe that this happened over a half century ago (and two years before I went racing, in part inspired by pieces like this).
Yeah, happened back in the Before Times.
From my desk chair, I can see one of my slot cars that might have raced there. I should stand up and look....