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some years ago, at the "BP-trophy" event (a prize given to swiss people who are successfully involved in racing as drivers, team owners, supporters etc.), long after midnight ![]() if only someone of these old boys had a track map!
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I just found out that Eduard Atler works as a journalist in a weekly newspaper in Israel and sent him an e-mail. The person who told me that also said that Atler shares his time between Israel and Poland so it may take him a while before he answers me.
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Nice detective work Pine
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More Info!!!
![]() Not only does Atler write for this newspaper, he wrote about this race meeting in this newspaper! I'll do my best to translate the interesting parts: "at the end of the long straight, where my slightly tuned Opel GT reached almost 200 Km/h, spectators were standing holding children in their arms, leaving only 2 meters of track for the cars. I had the same kind of 'reception' in the corners, so I had to forget about the racing line that I carefully chose after a week of practice. My new goal was to reach the finish line without killing any spectator." "... [the drivers and teams] had high hopes from the new track, more than 4 kilometers long, wisely twisting through the streets of the city and it's suburbs." "'The Ashkelon track is more interesting than Monte-Carlo, because it has more overtaking spots' said to me an enthusiastic Derek Bell. After the race was stopped, the very same Bell had tears in his eyes. 'There isn't a place in the world where I didn't race, rally, off-road or ride. I raced in Africa, Asia, places where motor civilization didn't even reach. But I've never ever seen such primitive behavior as of the spectators in Ashkelon. It's sad, but you'll have to forget about Formula races for a few generations at least'". Atler later mentions a few more interesting facts: * there is no documentation whatsoever about the race in the Israeli Automobile Club. (saved me a phone call ![]() * Atler is a movie director, he worked for the Israeli television at the time, and in addition to racing in the event, he also produced a 45-minute documentary about the race! I wonder if he, or the Israeli television, still have it. So I think the main things we know now are that the track was more than 4 kilometers long, it was probably going through the Barnea neighborhood as well as the older parts of Ashkelon, and that there were a few overtaking spots in it.
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Nice thread, very amazing stuff guys!!
I found this timetable on "the programme covers project"-site It seems to fit in with the "entrants" scans http://progcovers.m4driving.sm/motor/ashkelon70.jpg Maybe the people from the Sehadar Hotel have some recollection of the race....
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According to the Ashkelon Municipality website, the hotel doesn't exist today.
Edit: The name Sehadar is probably wrong, it doesn't mean anything in Hebrew. It should Probably be Semadar, but I couldn't find a Semadar hotel in Ashkelon either.
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This will be a great GPL track, if only for the effort involved in working out the layout of the place!
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OK, I have bad news and good news. The bad news is that we got Atler's name wrong -- it's actually Etler. The good news is that I know it because that's how he signed the e-mail he sent to me
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wow! that's no bad news at all!
![]() i think your list of requests contains everything necessary. any pictures available will be great, if there are some detailed trackside views, i'd like to see them too. film would be great for altitudes (now i have to make a confession: if we can get this thing going, that would be the first full track project for me since i did only adverts and pits textures for hockenheim). if there is an existing poster of the event, that would be nice too because the official programme is what you see on the program covers project (yeah i know i always start things from the wrong side ![]() i will try to contact some of the swiss and german drivers as soon as i'm back in switzerland (that will be next week) to ask for more photos. btw: Semadar hotel should be correct, i have an updated timetable that was typed ona letter sheet from the hotel. *runs away because there's a girl waiting...* ![]()
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I'm afraid I have bad news now...
I just talked to Etler, he was incredibly nice and I'm sure he'll do his very best to help us, but he doesn't have a copy of the movie, and he's 99% sure that the Israeli television destroyed the only copy ![]() He doesn't think he has a map of the track, but he will check for us. The only thing he's sure about is that he has photos from that weekend, but until we see them we can't tell how helpful these photos are going to be. The thing is that as I said, Etler shares his time between Poland and Israel, and all the photos from Ashkelon are in Poland. It will take something like a month or two until Etler will be able to give me an answer. Another problem is that Etler thinks the roads have changed between 1970 and today - he said he visited Ashkelon in the mid '80s and couldn't find the track ![]() On a more positive note, he said that I should try to ask about the race at the Ashkelon municipality (I will do it but not immidiately - I really do have to work sometimes. But don't let me forget about this, Bob!) and he also said that he may be able to talk to some of the other Israeli competitors. I think that my bottom line is this: Bob, do your best to find a map, because my chances of getting one don't look that good ![]() Another thing: I see that no-one thanked Ray Bell yet for e-mailing Derek Bell. This is not a joke - Ray is a well known motorsports journalist and I'm sure he does have Derek's address and that he did use it. So thank you Ray! ![]()
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thanks Ray & Pine!
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Hi all,
I have been following this thread with a lot of interest. If needed I would be more than happy to help you produce the gtk file for the Ashkelon track.
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I've been following this thread with amazement. Just one more example of how great the GPL community is.
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A thoroughly helpful guy at the Israeli Formula 1 forum found for us the number 34 driver in the Touring Car race, David Price. He said it took some effort, but David agreed to dive into his warehouse and see if he has anything left form that weekend. However, he doesn't believe he has the map of the track
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well, at least there's some hope
![]() jusr jesterday i had the idea to ask my dad to draw a track map from his memory. won't be too exact with the distance of 32 1/2 years i think, but at least it would give an imagination. business is runnig at high speed atm but i think i'll find a free minute to contact one or two german drivers when i found out their number. ![]()
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Some more news, but not yet the breakthrough I want to see...
Another guy from the Israeli F1 forum, Duby Miller, is going to help us. Duby is really serious -- he wants to write a book about the history of motorsports in Israel (more like a booklet? ![]() Etler also gave Duby a few more names of people who may be able to help. Bob, it's such a coincidence that Duby and you started looking into it at the same time. Lucky us! ![]()
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![]() not an official one though but after i arrived in switzerland today, i could "force" my dad to draw a track map from his memory before he went for a short holiday in italy. couldn't scan it yet (veeeeeeerrrrrrrrryyyyyy busy day) but will tomorrow. he says that i'ts probably not 100% accurate but will help giving us a general idea. i will add everything that he told me about the track sections (including the curve that had barbed wire instead of armco). must have been quite hilly. more details soon. ![]()
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Looking forward to see the map!
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Thanks Bob. I'll try to see if there anything that fits in a detailed map of Ashkelon, and in case I don't find anything I'll start checking if the roads were changed. Duby and I have a few ideas about how to do it.
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