| Chuck Tannlund
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More photos from Chuck's
career.
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| Chuck in #19 Jaguar XK-120
chases Dean Geddes' Corvette around Laguna Seca's old Turn 9. This
was during the October 24-25, 1959 event. (Photo by Pete
Biro)
On Saturday the 24th,
Chuck finished 10th OA and 5th in Class "C" Production behind four Mercedes-Benz
300-SL "Gullwings". Geddes was 5th OA, 4th in Class "B".
(From Michael Antonick,
"California Screamin' The Glory Days of Corvette Road Racing" Pg. 151) |
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| There's little doubt
how this drag race turned out. (Photo by Pete Biro)
Chuck in Larry Albedi's
#18 Lotus Mk.15 (1498 cc.) takes on heavy competition exiting Laguna Seca's
old Turn 9 at the "Pacific Grand Prix" on October 20-21, 1962. Car
#411 is John Cannon in the Canadian-entered Chevy V8 powered "Dailu Special"
(6000 cc.).
| Chuck on driving the
Lotus:
"This is me in the Lotus
Mk.15 in practice for the pro race. The car handled poorly and I told Larry
I thought it was unsafe and declined to drive.
He sold the car the following
week in two pieces, the engine to Sid Colberg and the chassis to Jerry
Lewis." |
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