[T3] Type 3 racing footage

[Tony Rodriguez]

Looks like daily drivers. How about no seat belts and the crowds enthusiasm to rush a live race track. This video is a gem. Thanks Timothy for posting it. 

Tony Rod
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On Feb 1, 2013, at 8:19 PM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 1 Feb 2013 at 19:09, timothy kuehn wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Came across some interesting old video from Germany's Nurburgring race track.
>> It's a bunch of everyday cars - and a few sports models - taking on a tricky corner that comes at the end of a long fast downhill.
>> Don't know if this is a 'folk race', or a rented track day, or just what people were allowed to do on a Saturday back in the 70's? 
>> Anyway, among the Fiats, Renaults, and many VW Type 1's, I count at least 2 of each T3 body style at various points through the video.
>> I count zero helmets, and a similar number of paramedics.
>> 
>> Be warned, some of the images are 'disturbing' - bad things happen to sheetmetal!
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWlF4sT0HWs
> 
> And don't miss part 2:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtmEcNV-z8A
> 
> Wow, what a mess of bad driving and bad judgment: no helmets (except 
> on motorcycles), no seatbelts (even in 1970!), passengers, even 
> passengers without helmets on motorcycles. Did you see the one guy 
> who got thrown halfway out the passenger window and slammed against 
> the pavement?
> 
> I think I saw notches, fastys, and squares, but the only Ghia was a 
> Type 14. I thought I saw a Corvair, but I think that was a BMW. There 
> were lots of BMWs, Porsche 911/912s and 914s, Mercedes, lots of 
> Opals, one Opal GT, lots I didn't recognize....
> 
> Pretty sad overall.
> 
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