| Bob Bondurant
was a top Corvette driver
in 1961. He, along with Corvette rival
Dave MacDonald, went on to greater success with Carroll
Shelby's Cobras. Today, he operates the elite
Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, in Phoenix, Arizona.
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| Bondurant at Santa Barbara,
September 2-3, 1961. He won the Corvette race on Saturday, but a
protest revealed an illegal flywheel. On Sunday he finished 4th in
the main event for modified cars.
For a detailed history
of Corvette racing in California read Michael
Antonick's "California Screamin". |
| Bondurant at Pomona,
July 8-9, 1961. He finished 2nd to MacDonald here. |
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At The Riverside Grand
Prix on October, 14-15, 1961, Bondurant failed to qualify his
"Production" Corvette for the Grand Prix.
Note custom wheels.
"Monterey Historics"
Event Chairman Steve Earle now owns
this car and races it in historic racing events. |
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