c1970 Arthur Blank Sportscar Wreck/Fire + 1 Hockenheim Oldie

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c1970 Arthur Blank Sportscar Wreck/Fire + 1 Hockenheim Oldie

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Lor Bet wrote: 2 years ago Image

Hockenheim 1970, Arthur Blanks, Chevron B16. I don't know the name of the race, I checked the 200km Rennen and the Interserie but with no results.
Maybe:

https://www.racingsportscars.com/result ... 05-20.html
Last known race in period was 1973 in Hockenheim with Arthur Blank where the car never arrived. It is believed that the car was destroyed.
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/ch ... 970/656575

Note that this is very similar:

http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/forums/se ... sf=msgonly

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Jesper Hvid wrote: 2 years ago
Lor Bet wrote: 2 years ago Image

Hockenheim 1970, Arthur Blanks, Chevron B16. I don't know the name of the race, I checked the 200km Rennen and the Interserie but with no results.
Maybe:

https://www.racingsportscars.com/result ... 05-20.html
Last known race in period was 1973 in Hockenheim with Arthur Blank where the car never arrived. It is believed that the car was destroyed.
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/ch ... 970/656575

Note that this is very similar:

http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/forums/se ... sf=msgonly

What say ye?
I think Arthur Blanks' Chevron carbonized at Hockenheim in 1973, possible with the #119 car:
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For me the Porsche crash is another one
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Look at the chassis of the carbonized car, It has parallel tubes like the Chevron B16:
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While the Porsche 906 Chassis has a divergent tubes on the front:
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Yeah, looking at photos online I would say it is more like the Chevron B16 chassis than the Porsche.
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Definitely two different fires. But perhaps due to the similar circumstances, searching for the one, yields info about the other, hence the joined topics. I have nothing right now.
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