| Bill Dixon
raced
his Maserati 300S
#3077 with its original Maserati 6-cylinder engine in 1960. For
1961, he figured Chevy V8 power would make his beautiful car more competitive.
| At Pomona,
July 8-9 1961 he appeared with the 351 cid V8.
Now with plenty of horsepower
he ran with the leaders in the early laps, but didn't finish. |
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5750cc. of full-race
Chevy V8 power. Dixon thunders up the hill. |
| Dixon at Laguna Seca
on October 21-22. He qualified, but DNF'd early.
This feature article on
the Maserati-Chevy by Jerry Titus ran in the November 1961 issue of
"Sports
Car Graphic" magazine. |
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