Graham Hill in the #42 RS-60. Hill and Bonnier chose not to drive the car in the race. Gendebien & Herrmann were assigned to the car and won the race.
Hill and Bonnier in front of #42. Are they making the decision to drive another car in the race?
Hill and Bonnier decided on #43. Here Graham drives the car. It lasted 43 laps and the motor blew. Hmm, wonder what they were thinking when their original car won.
The pilots compartment of a factory Porsche RS-60.
The #46 RS-60 driven by Anton vanDory and Roberto Mieres. The car and team had won the under 1.6 class at Daytona, but at Sebring the engine broke.
A stunning yellow RS-60 driven by Ernie Erickson and Don Sessler. The car was fast in practice but jammed a timing gear at the start and completed just 1 lap.
Porsche’s line up before the race. Sebring 1960 was huge for Porsche as this was their first big international overall win. Next to the winning RS-60 is the Carerra Coupe of Count Karel Godin de Beaufort, know to the barcboys as Count deBlowfart.
The #44 of Bob Holbert and Roy Schecter were leading when an electric gremlin stopped them in the pits giving the win to Gendebien and Hermann. A glorious look at what international endurance racing looked like in 1960.
The Holbert/Schecter RS-60 was was entered by Brumos Porsche. None of the RS-60’s were entered by Porsche - they were all entered by individuals but driven by the best Porsche had.
Ferrarri 250 Testa Rossa 59/60. This car was driven by Chuck Daigh and Richie Ginther and was our pick to win. Sadly it was a dnf.
Daigh heading down the short straight to the old hairpin. Flat out, nose a bit high and a screaming V12.
The Lovely/Nethercutt car is pushed to the starting grid. I have always thought the 250 TR 59/60 to be among the best looking race cars ever.
Jack Nethercutt signals he is coming into the pits in his Ferrari Testa Rossa 59/60. He and Pete Lovely would finish 3rd overall.
The #10 Ferrari rolls to the starting grid. Note the size of the crowd. Ed Hugus & Augie Pabst were 4th overall in the Berlinetta
This gorgeous yellow SWB Ferrari was 7th Geroge Arents & Bill Kimberly
Bill Sturgis & Fritz D'Orey were 6th in the #12 FerrariBerlinetta
George Constantine, Dean McCarthy & Bob Publicker were 10th OA in the 250 GTCalifornia Ferrari
The Italian duo of Georgio Scarlatti & Carlo Abate were 8th in this Scuderia Serenissima California
The #17 California George Reed & Alan Connell were 5th
The Mexican phenom brothers Ricardo & Pedro Rodriguez look over their 2 liter Dino Ferrari.
Ricardo ready to head out. We barcboys were so jealous of the brothers. We were the same age and sleeping on the ground eating peanut butter sandwiches and they were racing a NART Ferrari at Sebring.
The business compartment of a Ferrari 250TR 59/60
Dan Gurney drove this Maserati Tipo 61 “birdcage” with Stirling Moss. For a short while Gurney had a white stripe on his normal black helmet.
Stirling Moss, the fastest race car driver on the planet in 1960 signals the Maserati’s transmission has given up. Moss was tough on cars and it was often win or break but there was no denying his speed.
The Causey Brothers Birdcage gets some brake attention. Luke Stear co drove with Dave Causey but this car suffered the same fate as the Gurney and Moss car. Transmission trouble.
Causey always presented nicely prepared cars. His twin brother Dean and he were farmers from Indiana and invented several farming techniques including hydroponics.
The Cunningham Maserati of Walt Hansgen and Ed Crawford suffered from a differential failure. The Tipo 61 featured a transaxle to create a 50/50 weight distribution and it often failed. Fact: over 200 steel tubes were used to create the frame - h
Ed Crawford who drove several years for Cunningham in the red Maserati.. Crawford was raised in Chicago to a wealthy family and got his reputation in his blue 550RS Porsche before joining Cunningham. At Sebring he high sided the birdcage at the hair
Hap Sharp and Jim Hall shared this Cooper Monaco and while fast, it was very fragile and only completed 26 laps.
Sir Stirling laps the Tom O’Brien/Don Horn Alfa. Moss and Gurney led the race before their transmission failed.
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