J.H.:

The "stars" of the era (Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, etc.) seem to get so much more attention, but I think the other guys in the field were more interesting in many ways -- Elford, Siffert, Hulme, Rodriguez, etc. I don't know much about Vic Elford. Below is a link to his "official" website, which looks very interesting.

Racing was so much more dangerous in those days. Many drivers were killed, whether the stars or the back-markers. Some of these drivers retired from Formula One at the peaks of their careers, and are still around today, on the vintage circuit or teaching younger drivers.

Jeff

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: to see "lemans." way cool! those 908
: flounders, awesome! man i missed everything
: being born in the mid 70's. i think i saw a
: jo siffert autavia on i think it was jo
: siffert, in the movie? there's a scene where
: a driver checks his watch right before the
: race. is that him? also, was quite hard to
: find a good clear scene of the monaco steve
: mcqueen wore. i'm almost surprised anybody
: noticed it. not to wander too far from heuer
: discussions, but one other thing i've been
: trying to figure out regarding racing in the
: late 60's/early 70's. vic elford? is he a
: highly noteable/regarded driver from that
: time period, like a jo siffert or pedro
: rodriquez? thanks in advance, sorry to
: wander off, but thought some of you being
: into dashboard pieces and racing, might have
: some good insight.

: j.h.