Hal Keck wheels his Corvette to 1st overall and 1st in BP. Keck would soon change to Cobras and rule AP.

John Caley’s Corvette #119 was 2nd in the big production car race behind Hal Keck’s Vette.

BARCBOY Bob Bucher had a busy weekend. He drove John Bunch’s Berlinetta to 3rd overall and first in AP and then jumped into his RSK.

Ed Meyers Corvette #84 battles it out with the Fraser-Nash of Reed Andrews and the AC Bristol of Pierre Mion. It would end Mion, Meyers and Andrews.

A shot from practice where #16 of Tom Kerr leads the Maserati Birdcage of Fred Gamble.

Bob Johnson’s Corvette was fast but could only finish 6th.

Stefan Szwaree in his Porsche Carrera.

BARCBOY Charley Kurtz was 2nd in GM in his black Lola. Charley would go on to be SCCA National Champion in this car.

Bill Wilbourne was 3rd in GM in his Lola

Bob Holbert sits on the oval starting grid.

Bucher got a great start in 1961 with a 4th overall and 1st in FM

 Ed Astri’s Alfa leads Malion’s Turner here, but Astri faded to 5th by the end of the race and Malion won.

Doug Diffenderfer’s small V8 Siata won everything in 1961 including the National Championship. It was reclassified for 1962.

Bill Malion's Turner podiumed in 3rd place for DP

Pierre Mion’s AC Bristol is chased by Reed Andrews in a rare Fraser-Nash that used a Bristol engine.

Joe Buzzetta's Carrera heads to 4th in BP ahead of Reed Andrew's Frazer Nash 4th in CP

Murray Kellner's XK120 booms past start finish ahead the Porsche of
Vic Czito.

The #777 Alfa of Herman Melotti looks  strong here in practice but was a  dnf in his race

Doug  Diffenderfer’s Siata leads Reed Rollo's Alfa.  Rollo finished 4th, Diffenderfer won.

Early in the race Chuck Stoddard's Alfa leads Diffenderfer’s Siata and Nigel Bridwell.   Stoddard would finish 2nd in DP.

Sherm Decker tinkers with the twin cam behind his Olds sedan.  Best he could do in '61 was 6th after winning in 1960.

Start of EP race with Mark Donohue leading Jay Signore. BARCBOY Sherm Decker's black MG leaning wildly as Decker wheels it to 6th. Donohue would win , Signore was 2nd.

Ray Stoutenburg's Tarashi Formula Junior.  By '61 the front engined cars were toast despite being beautiful.

Summer FP race that Porsche's dominated. Hank Thorpe's MG follows #110 Erskin Ingram & two other Porsches.

Colonel Paul Hyatt’s Aston Martin from that same 1961 summer race.

1962 is the year Roger Penske shows his brilliance in creating the Telar Special Cooper Monaco. By naming the car a Telar he could use a sponsor sticker as a manufacturer badge.

The grid for the AP / BP race. Ferrari versus Corvette. Charlie Hayes on the inside, Dick Thompson’s Vette in the middle and Bob Grossman on the outside.

Charlie Hayes #7 Berlinetta was on the short end of a battle with Bob Grossman.

Bob Grossman’s winning Berlinetta. Grossman always had a hunched over driving style.

Doug Theims Berlinetta finished 5th after Hayes dropped out.

The battle between Charlie Hayes #7 and Bob Grossman’s #90. It looks good here but it got ugly later.

Tex Hopkins, the Lavender Hill Mob starter, brings the checkered flag to Bob Grossmans slightly battered Berlinetta.

Hayes Ferrari

The flying dentist, Dick Thompson was in the battle but his car failed.

BARCBOY Don Yenko moved to second overall and 1st in BP when Hayes and Thompson dropped out.

BARC member Bob Bucher took his RSK to 2nd overall behind Penske

Bucher was fresh off his national championship in 1961 and was hoping to do it again. Marlboro was a great start.

Bob Holberts new Porsche would let him down and he would finish 7th.

Penske gets to the inside of Joe Buzzetta to put him a lap down.

Penske #6 leads Bucher #29 and the Maserati of Charlie Kolb. The trio would finish 1-2-3.

Roger Penske dominated the race simply running away with the first of his “unfair advantage” cars.

Ed Lowther, Lister Chev passes #47 Lola of Bill Stone with the Porsche special #23 of Don Honeywell following

Ed Lowther bought the Kelso Chev Lister Corvette. Just a beast of a car and Lowther drove it hard on a track not well suited for it.

Another shot of Lowther at work, hanging on to a beast.

Bob Holbert shows some understeer in his new Porsche RS-62. Note the longer wheelbase than the typical Porsche Spyder.

Holbert prepares to pass the #99 Lotus 17 of Johnny Boyd.

Doc Wylie in the #2 Lola passes the Elva Mk 6 of Ben Warren. Holbert looks to follow Wylie.

Black Jack Crusoe charging hard in his Alfa to a GP victory

This TVR that had to compete in EM and did well thanks to a great driver. Who knows who he was? Write with the correct answer and win a free 8.5x11 print of any photo on BARCBOYS.

Bruce Jennings in a Carrera signals he is pitting. Jennings was 3rd overall and 2nd in BP in the big iron race. At Marlboro a small, good handler could beat horsepower.

BARC member Ed Shantz drove his Sprite to 7th in HP.

BARCBOY Bob Poupard took his new MGA MkII to 12th but he beat Roland Figore.

Spankeys good friend Don Auray smiles for the camera after a good drive to 2nd place in F III.