Drive the Ragged Edge - 1969 ARRC National Championship Runoffs

[spriso]

This is a very rare copy of the Nissan produced movie "Drive the Ragged Edge" which chronicles the 1969 American Road Race of Champions national championship runoffs at Daytona, Florida. Jack Scoville, a local Datsun dealer from Corvallis, Oregon and successful privateer racer, won the race, beating the BRE roadsters and Bob Sharp for the national championship title-- the first for a 2000 roadster.

This movie features some amazing footage of the factory supported racers Bob Sharp and Brock Racing Enterprises (as well as privateers such as Jack Scoville) racing their Datsun 2000 and 1600 roadsters at the runoffs. This race features the first time that Datsun won a national championship in a 2000 roadster.

This movie also features a fantastic Datsun commercial featuring a "BRE" Datsun 510 sedan.

A very special thanks to my dear friend, Jack Scoville for lending me his original copy of the movie to share!

Enjoy,

Michael

[bakerjf]

Cool video - the Datsun-related portion begins at the 12:00 mark.

[spl310]

Very cool, thanks!

[Solex68]

Sweet. Very classic rare footage.
I saved it as an mp4 to watch on my big screen.

[greydog]

Really enjoyed that.
Thanks
Dan

[msampsel]

A great share for sure thanks.


Nostalgically reminds me why I raced mine in the 70's!

Some very nice attendees too!

[GeoffM]

Thanks for uploading this Michael!