This is Jackie Stewart at Monza in 1966, kicking up dirt with the fat rear tires of his H16-engined BRM P83, an overweight mess of cylinders and piping, three months after the accident at Spa that changed his life and led him to begin his campaign for safety in Formula One.
Had the photograph been taken from a higher angle, we could see the spanner Stewart had taken to taping to his steering wheel after the accident, suffered at the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix, where, after hitting a telephone pole, he sat soaked in fuel in his car for almost an hour until fellow racers Graham Hill and Bob Bondurant managed to remove him using a toolkit borrowed from a spectator.
Pladra Flannel
These are the coolest flannel shirts shirts I’ve ever seen.
Pladra make 100% cotton flannel shirts with woodsy prints inside, à la “shore leave” cuffs. $90. The heavier weight offered also has machine-washable elbow patches and a western yoke back. $100. Chum to the sharks… awesome.
Handmade in San Fran’ w/ options for women too.
Elizabeth Taylor: 1932-2011
It’s Better in the Wind
At 2:35 there’s a cut from the 1936 Monaco Gp, the crash + Carracciola winning the race. Does anyone know which is that circuit were they race through columns??Horrifying vintage crash compilation.
