1959 SEBRING
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Photo credits: Spankey Smith, the Eaton Collection

BMC as for twin cams
RSK34 #37Porsche First Turn
Don Sessler in RSK he co-drove with
Bob Holbert to 4th		 VonTrips/Bonnier Porsche RSK 
went to 3rd overall		 Ernie Erickson Porsche RSK
out late from start		 Ken Miles in #35 shared with
Ken McAfee to 8th		 The Look into the first turn
from the Amoco bridge
#56Rodriguez #58DB #61OSCA #47Pits Lotus#47
A very young Ricardo
Rodriguez & OSCA		 Beautiful DB Panhard of water czar Henry Perrier and William Wood This OSCA never or Markleson and
Makins never made the finish		 Driver change in #47 Lotus of
Fleming, Shade & Taylor		 Tom Fleming Lotus 11
3rd in 1.1 sports but way back
#55Sprite  sprites BMC pits
The new Sprites were
hits with the crowd		 And they were out in force staying
at the Willy's dealer		 BMC team lines
up on practice day		 Vintage cars
across from Sprites		 Oil check on Lotus #47
#49 apart #64Abarth #45Pits #45Elite #47Lotus
Elva MkIV in the nude. driven by BARC member Chuck Dietrich & Birdy Martin Richards/Cuomo/Rutan 1st 750cc
and 28th  OA		 The Elite is still
among the best looking		 Jay Chamberlain, Pete Lovely and
Sam Weiss Lotus Elite was 22nd		 Lotus 15 failed w/ electric problems