Vic Elford
Rennfest 2008 Honorary Chairman and Guest Speaker
| Born in London, Vic Elford was one of the fastest drivers of the
Sixties and Seventies... and a Porsche hero... Nicknamed "QUICK VIC" by his peers, legendary driver Vic Elford is arguably the most versatile all-around driver of all time. Vic was EUROPEAN RALLY CHAMPION in 1967 then turned to sports car racing and Formula 1. Vic Elford was one of the world's great sports car drivers being one of only four drivers ever to record SIX major victories at THE CLASSIC NURBURGRING (the other drivers being Rudolf Caracciolo in the 1920s, John Surtees and Stirling Moss)… but he is also a TARGA FLORIO, SEBRING & DAYTONA WINNER! |
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| Vic excelled in international rallies being the last British driver
to win the Monte Carlo rally (1968) and the European Rally Championship.
His first drive in FORMULA 1 resulted in 4th place in the rain at the
French GP driving the slowest car in the field! Vic also competed with outstanding results in Can Am, TransAm, Off-road events in Africa, even Nascar. Although he raced 5 years for PORSCHE, Vic Elford also raced for Ford, Triumph, Lancia, Alfa-Romeo, Ferrari, Chaparral, Shadow, Cooper, Lola, Chevron, Subaru. He also drove MacLaren in F1 and CanAm, Chevrolet in TransAm. Vic Elford lap records included: Targa Florio, Nurburgring, Daytona, Sebring, Norisring, Monza, Buenos Aires, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, Riverside… and Le Mans - where he was the first driver to lap at over 150 mph in the Porsche long-tail 917 in 1970! Vic was hired by Steve McQueen to do the high-speed close-up action driving the 917 for Steve's film "Le Mans." In 1972, while driving for Alfa Romeo, Vic branched out into another extra-curricular activity - that of principal narrator for producer Michael Keyser's film "The Speed Merchants." During the 24 hours of Le Mans, when a Ferrari crashed in front of him, Vic stopped in mid-race to extricate the driver from his burning car… TV cameras caught the action and Vic was named Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite by French President Georges Pompidou for his act of courage and heroism. Shortly after, Vic retired from racing. |
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*Webmeister's note: All photo's provided by Vic Elford.