and some good links to Old film-clips.

Who could not LOVE.. IT.. [1935 German Grand Prix; the Mercedeses with >100 HP over Tazio's 4 yo. Alfa-Romeo]
when von Brauchitsch’s Mercedes shed two tires near finish.. the Nazis had their flag ready to hoist ...
Tazio streaks in for the Win.

..and what naturally comes to mind is the '40s Spike Jones record, Der Fürher's Face
..when Der Fürher says, 'Ve Ist Der Master Race'--We Heil..pffft! Heil..pffft!--right. in. Der. Führer's. face.

[That Race and at That Time: must have really Pissed Him Off!! {retroactive {chortle}}

It's near impossible to 'empathize'/imagine! the conditions of cars, roads and what every driver had to do--then.
Never hoppen again.. impressive as are the numbers made possible by the near-cyborgs of today;
transistors-->sensors-->car-->driver<--stats<--strategists<--air views
only these historical clips can give a hint of how/possibly such primitive machinery could be flogged to accomplish feats that demanded
such brilliant mentation + flogging of bodies, merely to 'finish'

(Imagine listing all the modern materials we take for granted.. jeez, they didn't even have Duct Tape!)


But then, it's 2014 somewhere and nostalgia ain't what it..