Derek Bell SHOEI race helmet for auction Bell Helmet, Rally Car, Derek
This helmet, obtained direct from Derek is from 1981 when he was racing for Porsche and won Le Mans with Jacky Ickx in a Porsche 936 run by the 'works' team. Signed clearly on one side the helmet is in good condition despite having been extensively used. A rare opportunity to obtain a helmet used by one of the all-time sports car greats.
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Derek Bell remains a unique hero to those friends and fans who have followed him through motor racing's brightest and darkest moments. Now into his eighth decade, the five-time Le Mans winner remains a gracious and generous genius, not to mention a wonder of facts, figures and memories.. Max Verstappen - Helmet - World Champion - 2023.
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1 June 2023, 8:56 AM Cadillac Racing driver Alex Lynn has chosen to switch helmet design for the Le Mans 24 Hours later this month. The Briton will run Derek Bell's iconic red, white and blue colours for the centenary race, paying tribute to Britain's most successful Le Mans driver.
Race Used 1981 Derek Bell signed Le Mans helmet
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1974 Surtees TS16 Ford (Derek Bell) Nürburgring, Rennwagen, Formel 1
Derek Bell in Bruce Leven's Bayside Racing 962 (leased to Al Holbert) going inside of the Buick powered March 84G shared by Ken Madren, M.L. Speer, and Wayne Pickering. Photo and info Kurt Oblinger 1995 Let's pretend this is Derek Bell. (I think I can see enough helmet to suggest its really Andy Wallace.) Le Mans, 1995, McLaren F1 GTR.
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30 April 2021 Share Live Auctioneers Want to put your noggin in the same safe space as the King of Cool? Then you're in luck as a Bell crash helmet worn by Steve McQueen during the filming of 1971's Le Mans is up for auction. Le Mans was McQueen's take on the definitive racing film.
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Derek Bell was a successful driver for Porsche on and off for 35 years," says Thomas Laudenbach, Head of Porsche Motorsport. Born on 31 October 1941 in the London suburb of Pinner in Middlesex, Bell was 23 when he began his racing career at British club events.
Race Used 1981 Derek Bell signed Le Mans helmet
This former Ferrari F1 driver, double World Sportscar Champion and five times winner of Le Mans. But what is really implausible is that today, Derek Bell hits 80. Still racing, he looks ludicrously fit and well, the last 20 years of ageing being something he appears able to have opted out of entirely.
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Seán Ward. As well as being a man who never ages, Derek Bell is a five-time Le Mans winner, former F1 driver, regular Goodwood racer and generally a very nice human. For the 1987 RAC Rally, the final round of that year's championship, he was a WRC driver, too. What we have here is a short but oh-so-sweet clip from Bell in his Opel Kadett GSi.
Race Used 1981 Derek Bell signed Le Mans helmet
Derek Bell MBE has enjoyed one of the most successful, diverse and wide-ranging racing careers of any British racing drivers which spans over 40 years.
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Bell manufactures its first racing helmet - the 500, in a garage located behind Bell Auto Parts 1955 Cal Niday becomes the first driver to wear a Bell Helmet in the Indianapolis 500. 1957 500 TX, the first motorsports helmet to use an EPS (expanded polystyrene) liner 1958 Jim Bryan becomes Bell's first Indianapolis 500 Champion 1959
Race Used Derek Bell Le Mans helmet
Derek Bell is most widely recognised for his incredible feats in Sports Car Racing - he won the Le Mans 24 Hours no fewer than 5 times, Daytona 24 Hours 3 times and the World Sportscar Championship twice.
Race Used Derek Bell Le Mans helmet
180. The Andrettis, Mansells and Brundles have raced at the Le Mans 24 Hours, but so have the Bells in father Derek and son Justin. While Derek is famous for his success at the Circuit de la Sarthe, taking five victories there alongside multiple successes at the Daytona 24 Hours and in the World Sportscar Championship, son Justin also carved.
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The British trio led the race for a long time in dreadful conditions - courtesy of some inspired night-time stints by Derek Bell and Wallace - before gearbox problems relegated them to third by the time the chequered flag fell. "Joining forces with RetroClassic Clothing has been a lot of fun," said Bell.
1985 Derek Bell Signed Replica Rothmans Porsche Bell M2 Le Mans Helmet
After such a wide ranging and successful career every true-blue motor racing fan will understand Derek Bell's point of view but we will all wonder, just a bit, what it would have been like to see that famous white crash helmet with the blue and orange stripes through the iconic side window of a 917 at Le Mans. Popular Articles