"Another amazing story is the Palm Springs race in the spring of 1960. The photo indicates that Hauser, in the Larkin-Hauser Special (Old Yeller), was having quite a duel with Bobby Drake, who was driving Joe Lubin's new Maserati Birdcage.  Actually Hauser just drove away from the whole field. I remember Max driving Old Yaller II, Jim Hall driving his big 5.7 Maserati, Ron Hissom driving his Lister-Chevrolet, possibly Hap Sharp driving a Cooper along with all of the other usual suspects. 

Hauser and Old Yeller were 2/3 of a lap ahead of the entire field right up to
the last three laps when the T-10 transmission packed up giving the T-61 Maserati Birdcage the win. The week after that race Jim Larkin was testing the car at Riverside when he got his feet caught in the horribly tight foot pedal area and went end for end. This resulted in the rollover bar being bent right back on the rear of the bodywork.  Jim was not hurt!  Larkin rebuilt the car, along with his younger brother Michael, and renamed the car the Lioncage."