GRM's Top 100 Most Beautiful Race Cars!

You've by now seen this thread for the street cars. Now it's time to 1-UP, get serious, and debate the beauty of the pure racing machines!

Rules:

• Aesthetic design only. We don't care if it's cool, fast, crappy, or just box flares on a box. If you don't want to mount one on your wall and just ogle it, it doesn't belong here.

• The list is up for revision at any time. If you feel a car needs to move up or down, say so and why ("the car was fast, but it's ugly").

• You must include a picture of the car you nominate, in RACING condition. Prefer the original photos, not replicas. Bonus points for on-track action!

• No Street Cars! If it wasn't a racecar, it can't wrestle. There can be 1-of handmade cars (nee - mid-engine Scarab, etc), semi-production cars (nee - Ferrari 250GTO), full-production homologation specials (RS200), etc, etc, as long as it's the actual race version!

• Let's try and keep liveries out of this. We want basically the body design. This may be tough, but we have to try. Getting pics of the racers in pre-sponsor form would obviously be best!

• Be nice!

And so, we begin...

1: ???

2: ???

Triumph Dolomite Straight Eight

Triumph TRS

Le Mans Spitfire

Damn, that's a goooood first vote!

And the obligatory ones:

Ford GT-40 Mk II:

Ford GT-40 Mk IV:

Ford GT:

Paging Maroon92 to the red phone, Maroon92 to the red phone please.

This should be #1...

I don't hot link, but the E-type Jag factory light weights are a favorite.

Also, the Ferrari Monza's/ Testa rossa's from the 50's

Maserati 450S

The Golden Submarine

Tyrrell P34

Edit*....plus, I think the GT40 Mk I looks better than the Mk II and IV....and one Mk I car won Le Mans...twice.

GT-40 Mk I:

I dunno man, the Mk I looks identical to the Mk II to me?

I was always partial to the Lancia D50;

Jaguar E-Type:

Ferrari Monza:

Maserati 450S:

The Golden Submarine:

Tyrell P34:

/thread

Runner Up

In reply to pinchvalve:

Damn that's hot, but what is it? (The first one, I know the second one is a Ferrari P4)

1931 Miller V16. (I have a connection with this car )

Bugatti Type 35

Merc 300SLR a la Sir Moss

1. Pretty much the prettiest race cars that ever existed

2. Love me some GT1

3. MC12

4. Almost forgot the CLK-GTR
   

Javelin wrote: In reply to pinchvalve: Damn that's hot, but what is it? (The first one, I know the second one is a Ferrari P4)

Jag XJ13

Lotus 49:

Gurney Eagle:

Porsche 917.

Jaguar Mk1 EDIT: Nevermind. I think this one's not eligible for its mostly-street roots... Duly removed pic.

In reply to ransom:

Mostly street doesn't matter, just post the race version of the car.

Grand dad of the box flare

and one close to my heart...

Javelin wrote: I need names here people! What are these things (specifically). Capri Mk I what? IMSA? BTCC?

apologies... top is Capri RS3100 I believe it is a Group 2 car. The Corolla is a Group 4, or in some cases Group 5

I need names here people! What are these things (specifically). Capri Mk I what? IMSA? BTCC?

Daytona Coupe

Can't deny the 427 Cobra it's place

Jaguar XJ13

1970(s) Ferrari 512 M/S

Gulf GT40 Mk I

Porsche 917

Alfa Romeo TZ2

Also the Alfa GTAm wears it's flares beautifully: