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Some of the West Coast's
finest drivers campaigned these single seaters in 1960-63. These
nimble, usually mid-engined cars used production-based 1000 cc or 1100cc.
engines.
| Pat Pigott of Bellingham,
Wash. knew how to wring the most out of lightweight Lotus cars. Shown
here at Stead AFB near Reno on Sept. 23-24, 1961 he DNF'd after leading
in this very quick Lotus Mk.20.
He won the main event
for sports/racing cars at Laguna Seca on October 25, 1959 in a 2-liter
Climax-powered Lotus Mk.15. |
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No stranger to agile
mid-engined cars, Porsche Spyder expert Jack
McAfee won at Reno in another Lotus Mk.20. |
| Monterey's Chuck
Parsons sold his Birdcage Maserati to Dan Prades after the pro races
in October, 1961.
He moved to F-Jr. and
won at Riverside on March 3-4, 1962 driving this Cooper. |
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