More Jerry Grant

For the 1963 Season, Grant campaigned a Bardahl-sponsored Lotus Mk.19 powered by an aluminum Buick (B.O.P.) V8.  The car was blazingly fast, but not particularly reliable.
 

Laguna Seca, June 1963.

Grant rounds the old Turn 7 in the Lotus.

(Photo by Dave Norton)


 
Laguna Seca, lap 1.  Grant stretches out a long lead over a very strong field.

He led easily until sidelined by mechanical problems.

(Photo by Dave Norton)

Link:   David W. Smith restored the ex-Grant Lotus Mk.19-Buick.  See him in the car at the 2000 Monterey Historics.


 
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