Triumph TR4 (TRS) - 1961 Le Mans 24hrs (10th June 1961)

[@Pauley_in_GP]

I know I'm late to this party, but I've got say what an incredible find this was. IMHO, this is where KZbin excels - providing a place to make old films like this gem available for years to come. Thanks to the folks that posted it so long ago.

[@trudiewest1077]

Thanks so much for loading this - my late father was of the mechanics on the Triumph team and appears in this. I grew up hearing the stories but it was great to see the real thing.

[@AmbroseB1900]

Great film of the race as well as the TRSs. My late father was a competition mechanic under Ken Richardson and did all 3 Le Man's. I love Raymond Baxter's voice, great diction, eloquence and correct pronunciation unlike so many dumbed down and slovenly spoken presenters of late. No wonder he was chosen to commentate on the Queen's Coronation and Winston Churchill's funeral. He was a WW2 Spitfire pilot too

[@jjt9201]

So nice. Great. Thanks for this video. And the accordeon is a perfect introduction for Le Mans is "Une grande fête". French style. I was lucky enough to buy a TR4 IRS in 1969. Marine blue. For my 20th birthday. Such a car!!!! And I dont want to criticise current drivers but in the 60s, 70s, to drive these cars, on rainy, 2 ways narrow roads was a never ending challenge. There was no right to make a mistake.

[@mrchrisnoll1]

B Hylands True, true and true enough. It's been surveyed that Americans give much more credibility and belief to commentators with distictly British accents. Seems strange but I find it a reality myself when comparing commentators. My very first car was a 1974 Triumph TR6 which I maintained entirely myself. I ended up swapping engines and replacing the Clutch (at the same time) in just a weekend when I was an undergrad in school. This is a great film bringing back those days!

[@markrichardson1326]

Only just come across this, my grandfather was Ken Richardson, and what a great team and time it must have been!

[@vintageracer25]

Cars so close to what people actually drove, that we can identify with them! Thanks for posting this wonderful program. David

[@paulhall170]

Hardly! You couldn't buy the chassis, or the body or the twin-cam engines at your local Triumph dealer....

[@vintageracer25]

@@paulhall170 Thank you Paul! I was not aware of all of that! Much appreciated.

[@paulhall170]

A hundred miles an hour in the dark with no seat belts, wearing T-Shirts, it's another UNIVERSE away, isn't it? Those 'shark-nosed' Ferraris were virtually unbeatable that year, in F1 and Sportscar Racing; Moss' win the little Lotus at Monaco was about their only defeat. At Rheims for the F1 race the Ecurie entered 5 cars; only one of them finished, but it did win!

[@arnaudfauchere1769]

Very good video. Thanks !

[@marcusbewley1]

Another good upload Gaz. thanks

[@DriverSeat2]

Film Division! Love it! Spectacular! Wish I'd been there....

[@thomaswebb9705]

I have always though that the TRS was such a gorgeous, clean design and looked so "production ready" that it should have been built. I know the twin cam engine was probably too specialized to make it to production, but that body! So much cleaner than the TR4, and so much more interesting than the shape of the TR6 which followed. Oh well...

[@sludge4125]

I loved the 4! The 6, not as much, but still pretty cool! 🤪

[@triumphfriend]

great video

[@dphotos007]

Notice no seat belts, roll bars and that one guy was diving in a t-shirt. Those were the old days of racing. They sure had a lot of driving skills. In the corners many cars were fish tailing. Interesting and cool racing documentary.

[@PaulZink]

dphotos Five-time Grand Prix winner Juan Manuel Fangio (a record that held for over 50 years until surpassed by Michael Schumacher) always raced in a short-sleeved open-neck Lacoste style shirt, whether at Le Mans, Spa Francorchamps or the Nürburgring. Crash helmet made of some composite material like Masonite, and never any seat belts (drivers at the time thought it was better to be thrown clear rather than be trapped in a burning car).

[@wickiezulu]

Given that the 2.0 Twin-Cam Sabrina prototype engine put out around 120 bhp in road-going form, would be interesting to speculate the power increase were a production version of the 2.0 Twin-Cam engine fitted with fuel-injection like on the 150 bhp 2.5 Triumph I6 PI engine.

[@ajs3994]

2:38, gettin' some.

[@fabianrocha9924]

I'm just looking for Lucien Bianchi and Georges Berger in the #15

[@MrTRguy]

Interesting movie. Have you noticed the guy at 02'38"? Is that the french touch?

[@sludge4125]

Great, great video!!! The drivers must think they can win the race on the first lap! 🤪 By the way, there was no requirement that the drivers had to put the belts on. And they didn’t. Until later in the first lap. Unbelievable!!

[@vitakyo982]

Racing wearing a jean & a t-shirt ...

[@891pacman]

Great vid. Don't suppose you have any more footage to do with Les Leston??

[@vince065us.2]

History would be made this particular year:Phil Hill would go on to win Le Mans and the F1 world championship.He's the only person have achieved this.

[@vince065us.2]

Le Mans needs to re-introduce a stock production class.

[@vince065us.2]

Absolutely.

[@sludge4125]

The Triumph’s engines were nicknamed after a pair of breasts.

[@mctavish199]

And Raymond Baxter would have qualified for Monty Python's Upper Class Twit Of The Year. It wasn't his fault. He was just born that way.

[@sludge4125]

And why would this former RAF pilot qualify for this “award?”

[@mctavish199]

Much too late now, but could we lose the cheesy accordion music in the background -- at least next time round. It's not just stereotypical but just fucking boring.