Race Used 1981 Derek Bell signed Le Mans helmet
Derek Reginald Bell MBE (born 31 October 1941 in Pinner, Middlesex, England) is a British racing driver. In sportscar racing, he won the Le Mans 24 hours five times, the Daytona 24 three times and the World Sportscar Championship twice. He also raced in Formula One for the Ferrari, Wheatcroft, McLaren, Surtees and Tecno teams.
1974 Surtees TS16 Ford (Derek Bell) Nürburgring, Rennwagen, Formel 1
An original Derek Bell SHOEI race helmet in white with applied blue and red stripes and a Union Jack. The driver's name, Boss and Sunrider advertising logos are present, it is complete with visor and in excellent condition. The helmet comes with letter of authenticity from Mrs Kate Norton who is Derek Bell's sister together with SHOEI helmet bag.
1985 Derek Bell Signed Replica Rothmans Porsche Bell M2 Le Mans Helmet
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 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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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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Derek Bell is among their number. The five-time Le Mans winner and indubitable national treasure will always be most associated with Porsche, but he'll be forever proud of his status as a bona fide factory Ferrari ace too - even if he readily admits it did him very little good. "I left Ferrari [mid-1969] and had nowhere to go," says Bell today.
Race Used Derek Bell Le Mans helmet
In 1987 Derek Bell won for the fifth time the most grueling 24 hour race of the world; the 24 hours of Le Mans. Bell did win together with H.J. Stuck and A. Holbert with a Rothmans Porsche 962 C. Derek Bell is only one of the 3 drivers winning 5 times Le Mans. This rare Rothmans overall and helmet were worn by Derek Bell in the 1987 season.
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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.
Bell Helmets® GP.2 Youth Series Full Face Racing Helmet, Metallic Silver
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.
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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.
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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
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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
Race Used 1981 Derek Bell signed Le Mans helmet
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.
Bell Helmets® GP.2 Pro Series Full Face Racing Helmet, Red Wing
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.
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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.