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Tam's Old Race Car Site

It's 1961, the Scarabs have been sold to new owners in the Midwest and the Cobra project is still fulminating in the mind of Carroll Shelby.  In the interim, California road courses are dominated by Maserati Type 61 "Birdcages" and Jurassic-era V8 powered Specials.  The photos on this site document an age when the power source was still in front, and giants like Bill Krause, Bob Drake, Ken Miles and others ruled West Coast racing.  At least they seemed like giants to me, at 13.
 

Who's that goofy-looking kid standing by Ed Leslie's Lotus 20 in front of the old Leslie Motors in Monterey?

I'd received a Voigtlander Bessa I medium format camera for my birthday and I used it to take photos at California sports car races between July, 1961, and April, 1962.  I've carefully saved these treasured possessions for over 40 years.

Scans of my Kodacolor prints from 1961-62 are listed below as well as a few photos contributed by others.  "Special Sections" includes more of my work from 1961-62, my recent photography from historic racing events, and photos and info contributed to the site by other photographers.   (Link below!)  The site also has loads of other info, from car insurance quote news, to special sections on different races, and a whole host of other great stuff.
   

 
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Bob Bondurant Production Corvette #614
Jack Brabham Cooper Monaco
Jack Brabham/ Bruce McLaren  Both in Cooper Monacos at 1961 Riverside GP
Dick Brashear Ferrari Testa Rossa / Devin-Panhard
Merle Brennan Jaguar D-Type / Jaguar-Chevy
Ronnie Bucknum Austin Healey 3000 / Ferrari 250GT ? Ol' Yaller
Max Balchowsky -- 1 Ol' Yaller Mk.I /  Ol' Yaller Mk.II
Max Balchowsky -- 2 Ol' Yaller Mk.II /  Ol' Yaller Mk.III
Max Balchowsky -- 3 Ol' Yaller Mk.IV / Mk.IX,  Dave MacDonald's "00"
Alan Connell Maserati Type 61 "Longtail" with Ferrari V12 Power
Peter Culkin -- 1 Mercedes-Corvette / Mercedes-Benz 300SL 
Peter Culkin -- 2 Mercedes-Benz 300SL "Gullwing"
Peter Culkin -- 3 Mercedes-Benz 300SL "Gullwing"
Briggs Cunningham Maserati Type 63 / Type 60
Paul Cunningham Kurtis-Pontiac / "Terrible Tempest"
Bill Dixon Maserati 300S-Chevy
Bob Drake -- 1 Ol' Yaller Mk.IV
Bob Drake -- 2 Ol' Yaller MK.III / Cooper Monaco
Bob Edmison Ex-Porter Mercedes-Corvette
Jerry Grant Ferrari Testa Rossa #0704
Jim Hall Chaparral Mk.I
Other Chaparrals Harry Heuer / Skip Hudson
Bob Harris Campbell Special
Ron Hathaway Lola Mk.I
Eric Hauser Ol' Yaller Mk.1 / "Lioncage" Special
Bill Hinshaw Elva Mk.3 / Mk.6 and "E" Production Porsche
Skip Hudson Ferrari 412MI / Chaparral Mk.1
Don Hulette -- 1 Jaguar Special-Corvette #204
Don Hulette -- 2 Jaguar Special-Corvette at Del Mar
Bill Krause D-Jaguar-Corvette / Jaguar E-Type
Ed Leslie -- 1 Lotus Mk.18 / Gemini Formula Juniors
Ed Leslie -- 2 Lotus Mk.18 / 20 at Vacaville
Dave MacDonald -- 1 Corvette-bodied Special  #00
Dave MacDonald -- 2 Production Corvette  #00
John "Bat" Masterson Kurtis-Chevy / Porsche RS60
Jack McAfee Porsche RSK  #88
Bruce McLaren Cooper Monaco
Ken Miles -- 1 Porsche RSK/RS61
Ken Miles -- 2 Dolphin-Porsche
Ak Miller Devin-Oldsmobile
Frank Monise Lotus Mk.XI
Dan Gurney Lotus Mk.19 / Ferrari 4.9
Stirling Moss Lotus Mk.19
Stirling Moss/Dan Gurney Both in Lotus Mk.19s
Olivier Gendebien Lotus Mk.19
Chuck Parsons Maserati Type 61 "Birdcage"
Scooter Patrick PAM Special
Roger Penske -- 1 "Telar" Cooper Monaco / Cooper F-Jr.
Roger Penske -- 2 "Telar" Cooper Monaco
Paul Reinhart Production Corvette
Dave Ridenour Lister-Jaguar (1959 Costin body)
Chuck Sargent Maserati Type 61 "Birdcage"
Bill Sherwood Production Corvette / Ferrari-Chevy (#0680)
Art Snyder Lola Mk.1 ? Elva Mk.6
Stan Sugarman Ferrari-Chevy  (#0680)
Don Wester -- 1 Production Porsche Carrera
Don Wester -- 2 Porsche RSK / RS61
Other Corvettes -- 1 Joe Freitas / Bob Dickson
Other Corvettes -- 2 Red Faris / Danno Raffetto
Other Production Cars -- 1 Porsche Carrera  / A.C. Bristols
Other Production Cars -- 2 Porsches / Lotus Elite/ AH 3000 / A.C. Bristol
Other Coopers Grinzewitsch / Robertson / Coffin
Other Maseratis 450S / 150S / 200SI
Other Ferraris -- 1 Two Testa Rossas / One Monza
Other Ferraris -- 2 NART TR1/61 #0794 /  412MI
Other Porsches Porsche RSK / RS60 / RS61
Other Lotus cars Mk.19 / Mk.IX-MG / Mk.IX-Buick
Class "G" Modifieds Lotus Mk.XI / Lola Mk.1 / Lotus Mk.X
Chuck Tannlund Lotus Mk.XI / Maserati 300S
John Timanus Lotus Mk.X / Lotus Mk.XI
Class "H" Modifieds Ingvar Lindqvist / Joe Puckett
Other Specials -- 1 Huffaker-Chevy / Roadrunner II
Other Specials -- 2 Teakettle / Pink Elephant
Pink Elephant -- 1 Jim Chaffee's Specials
Santee Sports Car Fred Puhn and John McCann's Prototype
Other Specials -- 3 Fubar /  Sorrell-Larkin Specials
Twareg Special Andre Gessner's Chrysler Hemi-powered car
Townsend Special Frank Townsend's Pontiac powered creations
Kurtis Cars Kurtis-Pontiac / Kurtis-Chevy / Kurtis-Buick
Racing Devins VKI / Devin SS / Devin-Buick
The Scarabs  Harry Heuer
Mystery cars ????????????
Cobra Prototype The first Shelby Cobra
Mac Archer Cobra 427
Wally Barnitz Jaguar E-Type 
Memories of Riverside Views of the Old Race Course
Riverside Today The raceway site circa September, 2001
My Cars Daimler SP250 / Porsche 928
Family and Friends

SPECIAL SECTIONS

New Old Stuff --  Photo Contributions!
1960s Formula Junior Cars!
Port of Stockton SCCA Races -- 1962
Old New Stuff -- From the Pre-Digital Era!
"Wine Country Classic"  -- 2005
Monterey Historics -- 2005
"Wine Country Classic" -- 2006
Monterey Historics -- 2006
Coronado Speed Festival -- 2006
"Wine Country Classic" -- 2007
Monterey Historics -- 2007
Coronado Speed Festival -- 2007
HMSA Races: "MG Reunion" -- 2008
"Wine Country Classic" -- 2008
Monterey Historics -- 2008
HMSA Races -- 2009
"Wine Country Classic" -- 2009
Monterey Historics -- 2009
      

 
 
All photographs, films, and text are the property of Tam McPartland and the original photographers and are protected under United States and international copyright laws.  All rights are reserved and the images and/or text may not be digitized, reproduced, stored, manipulated, and/or incorporated into other works without the written permission of the original  photographers and Tam McPartland.