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Roman Polanski’s “Weekend of a Champion”

In 1971, film producer Roman Polanski (yes, that Roman Polanski) spent a week with Team Tyrrell and Jackie Stewart at the Monaco GP, and produced a movie titled, “Weekend of a Champion”. Apart from a theatre release and some TV showings, the movie seems to have disappeared into obscurity. The title rarely shows up in any filmography listings for Polanski, and the all-knowing Google has very little about this movie. Thankfully, YouTube has a few segments from the movie but I’m still on the hunt for a full version. Here’s Jackie Stewart – at breakfast in his underwear – explaining to Polanski how to drive at Monaco.

Stirling Moss at Westwood

With the Westwood 50th Reunion coming up, I recently stumbled across this great video on YouTube featuring a lap of Westwood with Sterling Moss. Westwood Racing Circuit was Canada’s first purpose-built road race track, and was located in Coquitlam. Sadly, the track is long gone, but you can still see vintage cars in action, and bench race with the Westwood veterans at the River’s Edge Road Course in Mission, BC on July 17-19, 2009. See you there!