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\"\"<\/a>Born in London on June 10, 1935, Vic Elford was one of the fastest drivers in the highly competitive Sixties and Seventies racing scene. Elford\u2019s lap records include the Targa Florio, N\u00fcrburgring, Daytona, Sebring, Norisring, Monza, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, Riverside, and Le Mans\u2014where he was the first driver to lap at over a 150 mph average speed, in the Porsche long-tail 917 in 1970.<\/p>\n

Known as \u201cQuick Vic\u201d to friends and competitors, Elford is one of the few drivers to excel in sports cars, rally cars, and Formula 1 at a championship level. His 1968 season began by winning the prestigious Monte Carlo Rally in a Porsche 911, followed by an overall win the next weekend in Daytona at the Rolex 24 Hour race \u2013 Porsche\u2019s first 24-Hour race victory. He finished second at the 12 Hours of Sebring a month later, then in May scored an epic victory at the Targa Florio, considered the greatest win in Targa history. Two weeks later, Vic won the N\u00fcrburgring 1000 Kilometers. Then in his first F1 race in July, Vic took an out-classed Cooper to a stunning fourth-place finish in the soaking-wet French Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Despite beginning the second lap of the ten-lap, 450-mile race more than 18 minutes behind, Vic and co-driver Umberto Maglioli came back to win the 1968 Targa Florio with their Porsche 907 by over a minute. In recognition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Born in London on June 10, 1935, Vic Elford was one of the fastest drivers in the highly competitive Sixties and Seventies racing scene. Elford\u2019s lap records include the Targa Florio, N\u00fcrburgring, Daytona, Sebring, Norisring, Monza, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, Riverside, and Le Mans\u2014where he was the first driver to lap at over a 150 mph average speed, in the Porsche long-tail 917 in 1970. Known as \u201cQuick Vic\u201d to friends and competitors, Elford is one of the few drivers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":520408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,64,255,18114],"tags":[65,18435,12089,18105],"class_list":["post-494525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-ford","category-news","category-people","tag-ford","tag-people","tag-vic-elford","tag-people-news"],"yoast_head":"\nElford Turns 80\u2026Today!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Porsche legend, Vic Elford, Turns 80.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/elford-turns-80today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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