Old Pictures from PR, and a location ID please.
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tobybasiliko
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It was 1969- I remember because I was there... and in diapers.
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Ron Standley
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Or, for what it's worth, here is a higher DPI scan version of the #6 Donohue Lola. Shoud print 8 1/2 X 11 just fine. Print smaller and it is a little sharper. About 500kb, right click and save.
#6 Donohue Lola
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Ron Standley
I received more information on a couple of these pictures from Jerry Entin.
He identified silver McLaren #11 as Lothar Motschenbacher. In these two shots at least.
Lothar is the second car, leading Donohue down the hill into turn 3.
http://www.standleyfamily.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=115&pos=4
In this shot, Lothar is in the #11 just behind Donohue in his Lola.
http://www.standleyfamily.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=115&pos=13
He identified silver McLaren #11 as Lothar Motschenbacher. In these two shots at least.
Lothar is the second car, leading Donohue down the hill into turn 3.
http://www.standleyfamily.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=115&pos=4
In this shot, Lothar is in the #11 just behind Donohue in his Lola.
http://www.standleyfamily.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=115&pos=13
I hope I'm not posting this twice...
He's right, #11 is Lothar M., he was a national pro series driver who always ran #11, which is why local driver Lew Florence in his yellow #11 Genie (seen in your earlier pictures on this thread) ran #17 in this race, due to the judicious application of black electrical tape to his permanent number. I wonder if that works with today's transponders
I think the fifth car going down the hill is Skip Scott, I know ninth place is Sam Posey (McLaren II, white sides, blue middle), current ABC motorsports announcer. A few places behind Posey is local driver Don Jensen in his winged orange Burnett.
A funny story about the start of this race (1967 USRRC): after the rolling pace lap the cars lined up for a 3-2-3 standing start, Grant #78 on the pole, when the starter slowly lifted the green flag Grant inched forward over the line, almost a car length, everyone in the tower was yelling and groaning, when the flag finally dropped he got smoked on the start, wound up 4th coming out of turn 2. C'est la vie...
Ron, please feel free to publish more photos from SIRs halcyon days. I wonder where I have my photos of the 1070 TransAm...
He's right, #11 is Lothar M., he was a national pro series driver who always ran #11, which is why local driver Lew Florence in his yellow #11 Genie (seen in your earlier pictures on this thread) ran #17 in this race, due to the judicious application of black electrical tape to his permanent number. I wonder if that works with today's transponders
I think the fifth car going down the hill is Skip Scott, I know ninth place is Sam Posey (McLaren II, white sides, blue middle), current ABC motorsports announcer. A few places behind Posey is local driver Don Jensen in his winged orange Burnett.
A funny story about the start of this race (1967 USRRC): after the rolling pace lap the cars lined up for a 3-2-3 standing start, Grant #78 on the pole, when the starter slowly lifted the green flag Grant inched forward over the line, almost a car length, everyone in the tower was yelling and groaning, when the flag finally dropped he got smoked on the start, wound up 4th coming out of turn 2. C'est la vie...
Ron, please feel free to publish more photos from SIRs halcyon days. I wonder where I have my photos of the 1070 TransAm...