Updated: 2024-07-29 16:35:00
. Monday , July 29, 2024 Walter Wolf Does it His Way As this Canadian Chairman of the Board” definitely played His own tunes So , when I began this , I knew very little about Walter Wolf . Other than briefly owning a formula 1 team during the late . 1970’s As I’d never heard the story about Wolf winning that bet with Enzo Ferrari that netted Him a pristine Ferrari . 512BB But I did know about His connection to Lamborghini , specifically the Countach . Which arguably has to be one of everyone’s favourite Cult Supercars As I even own an Kyosho Bugatti royal” blue 1:18 LP400 Special Diecast example , which I procured several years ago , or was it decades Before Kyosho reintroduced them Whilst I was unaware that He had commissioned Kremer to build Him the one and only Kremer Porsche 935 street
Updated: 2024-07-25 22:08:00
. : , Thursday , July 25, 2024 F1 : The Garagists era , Walter Wolf and Friends When anybody with enough Dinero’ could start His own formula 1 team Obviously , I highly doubt this could transpire in today’s Formula 1 climate . As just ask Michael Andretti how difficult it is to be granted membership into the F1 Fraternity Yet the 1970’s were a totally different era , prior to Uncle Bernaughty , nee Messer Bernard Charles Ecclestone’s forty year reign as F1 Supremo , when anybody with the right amount of cash could go motor racing in thee Pinnacle of Motorsports by simply buying a racecar and de riggour Ford Cosworth DFV V-8 Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh , better known as Lord Hesketh was once such individual with a keen passion for motor racing . Initially setting up Hesketh Racing in
Updated: 2024-07-23 00:00:00
. Monday , July 22, 2024 Walter wolf’s other Racing Team As Betcha Y’all didn’t know He sponsored a Motorcycle race team , Eh Talk about the ultimate Rags to Riches story , and one such character has to be Walter wolf . For which any Diehard F1 Afficionado will recall the name from the owner of His Formula 1 team during the . mid-1970’s According to Car Driver’s Brendan McAleer Wolf , now 84, made His moneyduring the 1970’s by successfully speculating upon North Sea . Oil And Wolf’s penchant for gambling won Him a Ferrari 512BB on a handshake bet with Il Commendatore , nee Enzo Ferrari With the bet being over the outcome of the 1977 Monaco Grand Prix . Which Jody Scheckter won aboard His Wolf-Ford Cosworth DFV V-8 racecar . With the podium rounded out by Ferrari’s Niki Lauda and Carlos
