| Dave MacDonald
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In 1962 MacDonald moved
from "Corvette race" winner to "main event" winner in his famous "00"
Corvette Special. Actually an "Ol' Yaller" built by Max
Balchowsky, the Special's lightweight fiberglass body used a stock
Corvette as a mold.
From Ron Titensor:
Nat Reeder, "The Glass Man" of 'Fiberglass Auto Body at 5807
Sunset Blvd. built the body panels for the car. There is a photo,
similar to yours, of the car on Nat's business flyer. (circa 1962?)
MacDonald later became
very well-known for his many triumphs driving Cobras
for Carroll Shelby. He
won the 1963 Riverside GP for Shelby in a Cooper-Ford "King
Cobra". |
| MacDonald burns rubber
powering around Turn 6 at Riverside
He won here on March 4th,
1962, after a tremendous race-long battle with
Bob
Harris in the Campbell Special. |
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| John McCann's photo of
the Special in the pits at Riverside. No stock Corvette ever offered
engine access like this.
Santee
sports car creator Fred Puhn (In blue t-shirt) and Paul Hudson, Santee
welder (leaning into the car) look for go-fast ideas.
Today, top teams in F1
and elsewhere keep the curious away and their cars well hidden. |
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Pat Matthes of Honolulu
bought the car in the early summer of 1962, repainted it, and ran it in
Hawaiian races. He brought the car back to the mainland in Sep- tember
and MacDonald drove it at the SCCA Regional at Stead AFB near Reno and
(shown here) the pro event at Pacific Raceways near Kent, Wash. He
DNF'd in both events.
(Photo contributed by
Jim Gessner) |
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This car's history
& construction is described on pg. 71 of Michael
Antonick's "California Screamin' ".
Video!
See MacDonald in action in his big orange #00 Special at Santa Barbara
in May, 1962.
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