[Sunbeam Talbot Email List] [Fwd: Re: stripes/racing stripes]

[George Simpson - gmail forums]

I'm maybe getting away from the main subject with a 90 degree change but 
the Ecurie Ecosse D-type Jags which placed first and second at the 1957 
Le Mans (three had started from that team) had different horizontal 
strips just above the inlet opening. The cars had from one to three 
strips to distinguish them from each other and, probably, the other D-types.

George

Cognac

SunbeamSaloon wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_stripe provide some background.
> WES
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Ric Scofidio <mailto:rscofidio at dillerscofidio.com>
>     *To:* staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info
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>     *Sent:* Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:39 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Sunbeam Talbot Email List] stripes/racing stripes
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>     Hi all,
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>     Briggs Cunningham was the first to use racing stripes on his cars
>     in 1951. The benefits were
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>     1.) he said it was easier to spot his cars on the track
>     2.) if a driver spun it was easier to align the car with the track
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>     I’ve also heard that one of the primary reasons stripes were
>     adopted by others was that it was easier to tell how much a car
>     was under or oversteering as it went through a curve – this would
>     help in setting up a car for a particular track. I’ve never heard
>     anything regarding width.
>
>     -Ricardo
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>     *From: *<DIn1022099 at aol.com>
>     *Date: *Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:45:06 -0500
>     *To: *<raymead at comcast.net>, "staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info"
>     <staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info>
>     *Subject: *Re: [Sunbeam Talbot Email List] stripes/racing stripes
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>     Hello Ray,
>
>     I was in the U.S. Air Force in the mid 60's too. Saw lots of
>     stripes on many cars but didn't know the width meant something.
>     What a concept.
>
>     Don
>
>     In a message dated 3/2/2010 12:18:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>     raymead at comcast.net writes:
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>         hello all
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>         Way back when (mid 60s) , i was in a sportscar club in San
>         Antonio, Texas
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>         called Checkpointer's Ltd..........
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>         There was a guy in the club (an Englishman who was in our
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>         Air Force), who had a great Healey........... (I had an old beat
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>         up and modified '56 Healey).................
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>         As I remember it - he told me that stripes down the hood of a car
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>         actually mean something - stripes could be thick or thin, and
>         would
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>         refer to both the car and the driver.......... depending on
>         the thickness
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>         of the stripes, and their layout, it would mean something like
>         "car ready",
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>         or "driver ready" or "car and driver ready"..............
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>         Anyone know what the heck I am talking about??????
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>         tks, ray
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