| From George Keck:
"As to the pic any info
request... Ferrari #4 (an 860 Monza... Lampredi 4 banger) was fielded by
Lew Florence (Luigi Florenza, as we used to lovingly call him), and owned
by either Dick Hahn or Jerry Barker (can't remember which) at the time.
Lew and I ran neck-n-neck the entire race (SeaFair '59)... in which
he made it to the finish line taking 1st OA when it counted.
Incidentally, that particular
3.5 Ferrari was the '56 Sebring winner driven by Fangio... subsequently
purchased by Johnny von Neumann (fielded by Hill, von Neumann, and Ginther)
prior to Chuck (or was it Jerry) acquiring her. As I recall, Chuck
Cravens owned and raced her successfully after that in the early 60's.
I've good reason to believe her serial was #0604".
From David Seielstad:
"Long story short: there
is only one car with a big oval grille, scoop on top of left fender, second
hole on left, no round holes flanking the radiator with rear fender top
scoops. And it was in the NW at this time.
It is #0604 the Sebring
winning 860 Monza ex-John von Neumann owned by Jerry Barker. Then I checked
race results and find Lew Florence raced 0604 at SeaFair on 2 Aug 59 #4
and again on 13 Sept 59 at Shelton number ??. The only photos I have
of the car in Seattle show it all red. First at SeaFair and 2nd at Shelton.
Florence raced once more
at Westwood 18 Oct 59 in race 6. Do not know # or result then it
was sold to Charles Cravens. Cravens won Shelton 10 Apr 60. Do not know
the number, but he often used #12." |
