Legends of Racing

The Heroes of the Golden Era of Racing Photographs collected by F. Jahn Högler

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Juan Manuel Fangio in the Ferrari D50 on the grid at the 1956 German Grand Prix.

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Jim Clark, Lotus 25, and Graham Hill, BRM P56, at the 1962 South African Grand Prix

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The Autodelta S.p.A. pits at the 1968 Targa Florio.

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The works Baja 1000-prepped SAAB 96 V4 of Erik Carlsson and Ingvar Lindqvist. The car brought them to third place in 1969, behind actor James Garner's AMC SC/Rambler. Another privately entered SAAB 96 came first, driven by Swedish-Americans Ingvar Lindqvist and Sven Sundqvist.

Fun fact: Actor Steve McQueen also participated in this race, but DNF:ed. However, he was so impressed by the SAAB:s, that he asked to try Mr. Carlsson's car—which he was granted! The 'King of Cool' has therefore driven a works rally SAAB.

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Winners' Circle:

Nelson Piquet on his way to his final Formula 1 win at the Canadian Grand Prix, 1991, driving the Benneton B191

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 Canadian-American Challenge Cup, 1972.

Denny Hulme in the McLaren M20

Scooter Patrick in the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/4 Spider

Mike Parkes in the Ferrari 512

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Ron Flockhart.

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Ninian Sanderson hops into his Jaguar D-Type at Le Mans, 1956.

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Tony Roberts and Bob Watson drove their privateer Holden HK GTS 327 to a podium at Bathurst in the 1968 Sandown three hour endurance race.

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Niki Lauda pilots the Brabham BT46B 'fan car' to victory at the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix. The car would voluntarily be withdrawn from racing after this race, although it was deemed legal under the Formula 1 regulations.

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Internationales ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen auf dem Nürburgring, 1956.

The works Maserati 300S of Piero Taruffi, leading the Porsche 356 A Carerra of Helmut Zick/Hans-Georg Plaut. Mr. Taruffi shared the win with Harry Schell, Stirling Moss and Jean Behra.

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Ewy Rosqvist-von Korff and navigator Moni Wallraff in their Volvo PV544 Sport during the 1961 Coupe des Alpes.

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Dan Gurney and the Porsche 804, running for first in the non-Championship Solitude Grand Prix, 1962.

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The Lancia Stratos HF of Bernard Darniche and Alain Mahé, running first in the Tour de Corse, French Rally, 1981.

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24 Heures du Mans, 1973.

The #38 NART Ferrari 365 GTB/4 of Bob Grossman & Lucien Guitteny leads the #6 sister car of Sam Posey & Milt Minter and the #19 Ligier JS2 of Alain Couderc & Jean-Pierre Paoli. All three cars would retire.

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Actor James Dean with his Porsche 356 1500 Super Speedster, before the Production Sports 1500cc race at Palm Springs, 26 March 1955. James Dean would win this race.

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Sports car racing at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport in Goleta, California. The race was held on May 29, 1955, and was won by Ken Miles in one of his MG Specials. This was also the final race of actor James Dean, before his tragic death in September.