| Wine Country Classic 2004
-- Group 5 These early 1960s cars are especially
interesting because they're transitional between the old school sports/racers
of the 1950s and the no-holds-barred wildness of the later 1960s Can-Am
cars. 
 
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| Frank Jellinek of Portsmouth, NH, won
this group in his 3500cc. 1962 Lotus 19.  This car was powered
by a "B.O.P" (Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac) aluminum V8 engine.  These
lightweight V8s were a cost-effective way to add horsepower and reliability
when used in place of the pricey and fragile 2500cc. Coventry-Climax engines
that originally powered these cars. Rod Carveth drove this
similar car in 1963.  | 
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| One of my favorite cars of the whole
weekend!  Anthony Wang of New York, NY drove this beautiful looking
& sounding 4000cc.1963 Ferrari 330P to an easy 12th place in Sunday's
race.  One got the impression Wang was using this weekend as a test
session for the big upcoming  "Ferrari Year" at the
Monterey Historics,  August 13-14-15, 2004. 
 
| Historian David Seielstad comments on
Wang's Ferrari: Tony Wang's 330P is 0810. Started life
as a 250P, was upped to 275P then NART got it with a 4.1 engine... " |  |  
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6 -- GT & Production Cars
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| Author and website contributor Gary
Horstkorta in his Lotus Mk.23 in Turn 2.  Gary finished 10th in his
1700cc. car. | Back to:   Group
4 -- 1950s sports/racers
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