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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Author and website contributor Gary
Horstkorta in his Lotus Mk.23 in Turn 2. Gary finished 10th in his
1700cc. car. |
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