Ever wonder what it’s like to pilot a fuel streamliner at 256.9 MPH on the salt at Bonneville? Catch fire at 350 MPH? This ESPN coverage of racing at the salt flats in 1989 will give you some idea.
* Juan Manuel Fangio, who retired from Formula One racing in 1958, is still counted among the sport’s greatest drivers. Here, we see him testing a Maserati 250F at Modena in 1957; as Goodwood Road and Racing points out, the camera rig must have been enormous. Sure, the audio of a 250F was dubbed in later, but that doesn’t make the video any less fascinating.
* By the time The Italian Job was released in 1969, the Mini Cooper (specifically a race-prepped S model) had won the Monte Carlo Rally three times (four, if you discount their 1966 disqualification for improper lighting). Still, it was the movie, with its epic Mini Cooper chase scene, that brought the car to the masses and likely drove more sales than any race victory.