Frenchman Jean Behra sits in his car. Behra was a fearless driver first on motorbikes then cars. He lost an ear in one crash and loved taking it off to shock his friends.
Jack McAfee co drove this Porsche RSK 718-013 with Ken Miles. Precision Motors owned by Otto Zipper owned the car and Miles would win many races in it on the west coast. Jack opened his own shop after WWII and drove for John Edgar and Tony Paravan
Close up of little known driver Russ Boss in a Cunningham Lister Jaguar BHL-102. Boss family business was Cross Pens, manufacturer of some of the finest pens in the world. Ross raced for many years, mostly in Jaguars
Carroll Shelby, in his traditional bib overalls, scratches his head wondering about something. Co driver Roy Salvadori sits and reads a magazine.
A luxury in 1959 was the Cunningham race trailer. Most cars arrived on open trailers towed by a station wagon. On top Briggs is in conversation with some friends. Note the lounge chairs for catching some Florida sun and a basic step ladder to cli
What eventually ended up a normal scene. Jean Behra is clearly explaining something to Romolo Tavoni, the Ferrari manager. The two ended up enemies with Behra punching Tavoni at the French GP. Ferrari immediately fired Behra. Sadly, Jean died in
Out on the circuit Briggs Cunningham (curly hair) and his chief mechanic Alfred Momo are checking something out. It is a practice day and one of their Lister Jags sits stranded on a sandbank behind them.
Denise McCluggage looks down at her OSCA. In red, Isabell Haskell, her co driver. They would finish 18th and 2nd in class. Isabelle would marry Alejandro De Tomaso and build cars. Later in life Isabelle would breed a number of grand race horses.
Pedro Rodriguez. Pedro was the older of the phenom Rodriguez brothers who took the world by storm as teenagers. Their father put them in some fabulous machinery and both brothers were very fast. Sadly both would die young in racing accidents, but
Ricardo Rodriguez, the younger brother confers with a mechanic. Ricardo would drive a 950cc OSCA with Frank Bott, but the car did not finish. Later, Ricardo was put in the 750 OSCA of McCluggage and Haskell
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