| (9-8-09) From website visitor Bart Ray:
"At 16-17 my Uncle and Dad worked the SCCA equipment truck and I
was allowed to be part of it. Lou Brero was one of my heroes. Always
had a big grin, especially when he'd screwed up. At Sacramento in
1957 he spun the D-Jag at over 100 on the straightaway, never slowing down.
At Cobb Mountain Hill climb he wrecked a borrowed Maserati, came into our
turn with a full grin, then crashed head-on into a hay bale.
At Arcata, as we were setting up the course markers, he roared by
in a lumber truck, driving it for all it was worth. That race was his personal
baby as it was in his home town.
If he didn't drive in Europe in his younger days, his helmet had
to have as it was one of the old type and pretty grimy. Odd how things
like that stick in one's memory. Thanks for the new pics, they were of
my time."
(11-8-09) From author and historian Gary Horstkorta:
"I came across the August 1956 race program
for the Redwood Sports Car Race at Arcata Airport and inside was this
brief bio of Lou Brero. Thought you might be interested as it
contains a few good tidbits including a reference to his European Hillclimb
racing. I would assume the information is accurate since this was
Brero's home town race." |
