Bob Drake 2

finished 5th in Old Yeller III at the "L.A. Times Grand Prix", held at Riverside October 15, 1961.  This was a customer car that Balchowsky built for cinematographer Haskell Wexler.

 
Drake rounds Riverside's Turn 6 during the 203 miles Grand Prix.

Link to Bruce Jacobs driving Ol' Yaller Mk.III at the 2000 Monterey Historics.
 

 
A week later at Laguna Seca, Drake drove George Grinzewitsch's 2 liter Cooper Monaco to 14th in the 1st heat, 17th in the 2nd heat.

 
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