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Le Mans From 1956

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“An amazing piece of footage of Mike Hawthorn doing a lap of Le Mans in 1956 in a D Type Jaguar. It’s incredible to see the bikes and traffic out on the track, and an almost total lack of safety, bearing in mind the previous year a Mercedes flew off the track on pit straight and killed 84 people, seriously injuring a further 120. The accident was inadvertently caused by Hawthorn as he braked to go into the pits, his Dunlop disc brakes were awesome, and other cars braking hard to avoid running into the back of his Jaguar lost control resulting in a Mercedes hitting a sloped earth bank, launching into the air and disintegrating.

Incredibly the race continued, although Mercedes withdrew it’s remaining cars, and Hawthorn went on to win.”

[1955 Le Mans Crash – Video] <— 1,153,278 [1955 Le Mans – Write Up]

Surfing – Kelly Slater 11x World Champion

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Quiksilver’s Kelly Slater clinched an historic and unprecedented 11th ASP World Title today in the cold and challenging waters of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. Slater, 39, is the first surfer to achieve 11 ASP World Titles, an accomplishment spanning two decades of an astounding career during which he has dominated competitive surfing as both the youngest and oldest ASP World Champion.

Good find Jim – thanks for the share.

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Intrinsic Motivation

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“And you know what? Bullshit is bullshit. Bullshitters don’t ship, and they can’t attract intrinsically motivated people to be on their teams in any sustainable, long-term way. Why? Because we all want to be around people with that gleam in their eyes which says “this is going to happen”. Life is too short to waste your time working with people who are motivated by extrinsic factors, such as money, status, or grades. It’s the intrinsically motivated folks who sweat the small stuff, grok the big picture, and — dare I say it — think different.

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“Instead of telling people to do what they love and the money will follow, we need to be telling everyone to explore and understand their passions.

– Why does doing this mean so much to me?
– Why do I do this for free?”

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This reminds me that I need to catch up with a good friend of mine now working at IDEO.

Pikes Peak – 1985 Audi quattro

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[iDevice Link] <— 791,069 views In this video you will see Michele Mouton setting a new record on The 1985 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in her factory sponsored Group B, Audi Sport quattro S1 with a time of 11:25.39. She was not only the fastest overall in 1985, but also set a record which still remains unbeaten to this day by a female driver. Just another movie for those of you who don't understand the difference between 4 wheel drive... and quattro.

Jim Hancock Sighting

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[iDevice Link] <— 322 views Whenever you get an opportunity to see Jim Hancock - and not his shadow... you know it is going to be a good day. Here we have the 2010 Race of Champions in Düsseldorf where Sebastian Vettel uses his RB6 Formula 1 Red Bull car to create a series of wall art. I will personally ask Jim where these are going to be auctioned off this year and inform.