Video shows uniformed officers attempting to box the BMW in, but desperate to escape, the driver pops the curb, hits the gas and takes off down the sidewalk. Police had run the plates, which did not match the Beemer. The vehicle had matched the description of a car tied to several robberies from several high-end diners and jewelry stores. 11 outside of the ritzy Pergola eatery and hookah bar. Video shows the moment an NYPD officer fired three shots at a vehicle believed to be connected to several high-end robberies as it took off down a Manhattan sidewalk, nearly hitting pedestrians attempting to evade arrest.ĬCTV footage shows several unmarked police vehicles pull up next to a black BMW parked on West 28th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues around 1:20 a.m. It’s just another piece of history that can be experienced today thanks to vintage racing.I will not surrender: NYC shopkeeper robbed twice by marauding banditsĪlleged homeless mugger should be released under Manhattan DA Bragg’s new memo, his lawyer arguesįour arrested in fatal shooting of off-duty LAPD officer Today, the shop is being run by his Henry, who has the benefit of not only his father’s guidance but the help of some of the mechanics who were there in the ’60s. Not long before his death, though, he fell off the wagon and started racing again thanks to the vintage racing scene and the Goodwood Revival. By the ’70s, though, Ford slowed its motorsports funding and Mann decided to take a step back from racing.Īccording to his son, Alan Mann quit cold turkey as you might an addiction. The race was a marketing success for Ford and, following the launch of the Mustang, it went to Mann to prepare two cars for the Tour de France Automobile, which finished first and second, ending a long period of Jaguar dominance.Īlan Mann was even involved in preparing the follow-up to the GT40 once 3.0-liter engine displacement limitations were introduced at Le Mans. “So, I think it caught their attention, a little bit, that outside of America, there were people who knew how to prepare cars as well.”īased on that performance, Ford gave Alan Mann the responsibility of preparing a Falcon for the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964, which forced him to set up a proper shop for the rally. “These little English, boxy saloons weren’t supposed to do that,” says Henry Mann. Read Also: Rally Legend Paddy Hopkirk Takes Delivery Of His Limited Edition MINI
With the help of some British drivers, they beat the Ford factory teams with the professional NASCAR drivers in V8-powered Falcons. to compete in some 12-hour endurance races. Alan Mann convinced a Ford dealer on the south coast of England to prepare a few cars for competition in order to, as the old saying goes, race on Sunday, sell on Monday.Īccording to Mann’s son Henry, the Cortinas were successful enough to catch the attention of Ford’s head office, which invited Mann and his Cortinas to the U.S.
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