Chaparral & Cobra Winning Ways Continued at Watkins Glen

Here is an interesting sequence of Hal Keck having a moment at Watkins Glen:

1964 - Automatic Beginnings

Not shown here are the photo-only pages. They include 4 of Cobras, Riley's Volvo going over the banking, Chaparral at sped, Shelby Cobra on track, Charlie Hayes in Elva-Porsche, Cheetah in the garage and Elva-Porsche in the garage.

Winding Up 1963

A Race Into The Sun - Continental Divide USRRC 1963

First, I have to start with a plug for my book.

Now we get to the story of the 1963 USRRC race at Continental Divide.

1963 Pacific Raceways USRRC

We'll start 2017 with the tale of the 1963 race at my home track, Pacific Raceways. I was 13 at the time and just got interested in GP racing, so I didn't know about the USRRC yet and did not get to this race. Nice win for Pedro in the Huffaker Genie.
I still have copies of the book available, which has full pages of photos which are not being shown here. See below for order details.

To continue the story, here is the 4th race of the '63 season at Watkins Glen.

Laguna Seca 1963

Although I've posted the 1963 Laguna Seca race previously, I'm doing it again to keep the sequence in order.

 

Watkins Glen '63 is next

1963 Pensacola USRRC and the first Manufacturer's race

To continue the story, here are the text pages from the second race of the 1963 season, at Pensacola. These races were held at the Corry Field, Naval Air Station, with major SCCA races from 1959 through 1964.
The 1963 race at Pensacola was significant for being the first USRRC race to include the Manufacturer's Championship cars and for being the only Mfr's race NOT won by a Cobra.

The USRRC Story unfolds

I posted the following on my Dead Pedal Press facebook page and for those who choose to not go there, I am putting the same info here.

I still have a few copies of USRRC left. There are about 3 left without the bumper box for $85. The rest are $100 for media mail shipping, or $115 for Priority Mail shipping. If you're interested, send payment via Paypal to: grimeheel62@wavecable.com. Or send a check to Mike Martin, 910 Secord Ct., Camano Island, WA 98282.
Since there are few copies left, I'm going to start posting the text of the book, probably a race a week. I'm going to start off by posting the Acknowledgements and Photo Acknowledgements pages, followed by the Intro to the book, the Intro to the 1963 season and the first race at Daytona. Enjoy.

In the between post time, I am continuing to work on the history of the Shadow Racing Team for Dalton Watson Fine Books.