
Right, Fred and his driving gloves, big smile and waiting for the kiss from the trophy babe.
Part of the racing was done at a "juvenile" Riverside Raceway before track improvements. I don't think I have ever seen so many 356s totalled in such a short time. Also the Jag and Healey 3000 were not lookin' good, but I did enjoy Freds smile as he took the checker.
Check out the video below, worth the time, even if it does score high on the cheese-o-meter.
Left, number 23 goes up in a firey ball! One can only wonder how much that car would be worth today in one piece.
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Great stuff. No safety equipment. Lousy helmets. A victory lap to view the burned, dead players littering the track then finishing with a kiss from a girl.
ReplyDeleteThat waw the way it was when Hemingway said there are only 3 sports, bull fighting, car racing and mountain climbing, calling the rest "only games".
Yep...when Men were Men! :-)
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