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FORMULA LIBRE 1960 Sports cars filled the field and were driven by some pretty fast guys. LeMans winner Roy Salvadori was one. The Canadians had 5 car & driver combos photo credit: Dave Nicholas, John E. Kelley, Spankey Smith, Dave Zych |
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Everybody wanted to race against
the Formula one stars, but the SCCA still had tight reigns on many of
their drivers and some of our fastest stayed home. They'd all come out in 1961 for the first Glen US Grand Prix but it would have been fun to see Hansgen and Penske and their cars |
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| Roy Salvadori,
fresh from winning LeMans for Aston Martin whipped this Cooper Monaco to 3rd |
Paul O'shea drove this LeMans D Type to 7th place |
The Jag was odd. An XK-SS windshield and a roll bar made it quite unusual |
Canadian Francis Bradley's RS-60 finished a fast 5th |
Bradley as he takes the Porsche out for warmups |
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World renown automotive artist Dave Nicholas sketch's the two Yoeman Credit Cooper's |
Fabulous shot by John Kelley of Paul O'Shea, Sy Kayback, Murdoch's Connaught and others into the hairpin | Intense on
the grid.. Brabham prepares for the day |
John Cooper in
sweater stands behind his world chamion car and driver |
Gendebien was
always friendly as he posed for this grid shot |
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| 3 wide start with Will Bradley
(23) Plaisted (15)
and Kaback (14) all chasing Entwistles Lotus |
Fran Bradley narrowly leads Stutz Plaisted's FII Cooper. Plaisted hounded the Porsche to 6th |
Rob Walker answers the question why Black Label is so expensive. The answer? Moss' salary |