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Bill Kerrigan -- MG
TC / John von Neumann -- MG TC Pebble Beach 1950
From Peter McKercher: "I got this
photo from Bill Kerrigan. He writes that it was the 1st Pebble Beach race
in 1950, where he is racing John von Neumann. The note at the top refers
to the 2nd race where he beat von Neumann after a fuel issue was contested.
In the Kerrigan/von Neumann photo at
Pebble Beach, both cars were MG's. Kerrigan didn't race a Singer until
1951 at Reno Nevada, where he won the 1500 cc Stock Event over a field
of twelve entries, beating 3 MG TC’s and 8 MG TD’s at the First Annual
Reno Road Race."
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| (10-23-08) From Michael
Jacobsen:
"Alas, Bill Kerrigan's memory fails
on one point -- it was this occasion, the first Pebble, that Johnny was
disqualified and Bill awarded the trophy. Bill and I discussed this
at the Peterson dinner two years ago. If you look at Art Evans' "Pebble
Beach Remembered", you'll find he lists John as the winner, but he reprints
the account from the SCCA journal which makes no
mention of John even being there (but
notes that my Dad in Paul Richert's MG Magnette retired from 3rd place
with oil running out the exhaust!)." |
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