August 20, 2008

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Publisher's Note: One of the pleasant surprises of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was its display of significant and otherwise noteworthy racing cars. Click here to see a gallery of some of the machines that caught our eye last Sunday. Fumes will be back. - PMD

Publisher's Note: As part of our continuing series celebrating the "Glory Days" of racing, we're proud to present another noteworthy image from the Ford Racing Archives. - PMD

(Courtesy of Ford Racing Archives)
Silverstone, England, March 30, 1969. Jackie Stewart gets ready for the start of the Daily Express Trophy Meeting - a non-championship Formula 1 race that always kicked off the racing season in England - with team owner Ken Tyrrell close by. Stewart would finish third that day in his Matra-Ford behind winner Jack Brabham (Brabham-Ford) and Jochen Rindt (Lotus-Ford). Other notable finishers were Jacky Ickx (Brabham-Ford) in fourth, followed by Piers Courage (Brabham-Ford), Bruce McLaren (McLaren-Ford), Graham Hill (Lotus-Ford), Pedro Rodriguez (BRM), Derek Bell (Ferrari) and Chris Amon (Ferrari).