Film Friday Classic racing in living color at Bridgehampton

[MRGEORGE077]

Subject: chilly out there!

If you are feeling a bit chilly with the top down, watch this tape sent to me last week by several people.

Sunny skies at Bridgehampton with the ocean as a backdrop.....some fun footage!


One of my favorite scenes is where our film guy in his Healy is battling it out with a couple similar competitors and it looks like they are really going fast, when suddenly two D-Jaguars and what looks like a Cunningham blow by everyone like they were tied to posts! (Jaguar set the world speed record that year). Unfortunately nothing lasts forever and by the time Bridgehampton closed in 1998 -- another victim of land appreciation and neighbors with sensitive ears -- its best days were already long behind it. It's a swanky golf course now, but this film is a stirring look at its glory days.

Film Friday: Classic racing in living color at Bridgehampton - Autoweek
Enjoy!

[Silversmith]

Thanks

[marcocsx3121]

Great memories of the "Bridge". I earned my SCCA Regional comp license there in 1973 (in a borrowed Ford Pinto!), planning on turning our '66 GT350 into a B Production racer. It never happened, but Diane and I worked flag and commo there until 1977, when we moved from NJ to Indiana.

[SS COBRA]

Great memories at this track from the mid 60's. Thanks for sharing, going to inspire me to find my slides.

[MOTORHEAD]

WOW !! Often wondered what happened to the track. Was stationed at Montauk AFB in 1961-62 and worked corners for a few races. Didn't remember all the sand on the track, those guys had brass ones !!!

[HealeyRick]

Thanks for some great Healey action. In return, I'll share one of my favorite Cobra shots ... the transporter at the Bridge:

[MRGEORGE077]

What a great photo, thanks for posting it. George