| Bob Edmison
drove the Mercedes-Corvette
for Dan Whitz/Mike Koslosky in 1961. This beautiful car, built from
a wrecked 300SL by Chuck Porter, had a long
history in California racing. It was driven at times by Bill
Krause, Ken Miles, and
Chuck Stevenson, among others.
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The Mercedes-Corvette
on the pre-grid. (Note E-Type Jaguar pace car in b.g.)
Car co-owner Mike Koslosky
rides with Edmison. Richard Hibbard is the kid walking on the far
side of the car.
Another look at Edmison
at Pomona. |
| Edmison leads Jack
McAfee in Vasek Polak's RSK at Santa Barbara, Sept. 2-3. He battled
Hulette and
Dave Ridenour
until he DNF'd.
McAfee went on to finish
3rd. |
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"We blew an engine qualifying
on Saturday. After working most of the night Keith Black built a
new engine for us and we were able to start on the front row of the consolation
race. We led until Turn 7 when Roger Penske got by in his rear
engine car. We caught him at the end of the backstretch (the
Benz would run 180-185 down the back straight) and got side-by-side going
into Turn 9. His superior handling and braking made us fall behind
coming off of turn 9. I kept trying (too hard) to catch Penske and overheated
the rear tires and spun in the esses a few laps later. The clutch
linkage was damaged after running over a turn marker so we were unable
to restart". |
| The team sold the Mercedes-Corvette
after the 1961 Riverside Grand Prix. For 1962-63 they campaigned
what was potentially one of the fastest west coast racers, this Lister-Chevrolet.
Before the team
acquired the Mercedes-Corvette, Bob raced a Kurtis
at Palm Springs. |
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