| Other Coopers
In the under 2-liter class,
the dominant Porsches and up-and-coming Lotus cars were challenged by these
British-built, Climax-engined Coopers.
| Sacramento's George Grinzewitsch
campaigned this ex-Brabham 2 liter Cooper Monaco. He qualified for
the Riverside GP in 1961, but DNF'd.
In 1962, Grinzewitsch
won overall at Cotati twice, taking both the May and August events.
Bob
Drake drove the car at the Laguna Seca pro race.
Movie
#8! See Grinzewitsch at Laguna Seca on June 9-10, 1962. |
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| From your webmaster:
Bart Martin bought the car from Grinzewitsch and installed a 5400cc.
Chevy V8. He won a string of main events in Northern California in
1964. Jim Herlinger restored
the car and raced it in historic events in 1988. |
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Also from Sacramento,
Leon Robertson drove this twin to Grinzewitsch's car, shown here at Stead
AFB on Sept. 23-24, 1961.
He also qualified for
the 1961 Riverside GP, but DNF'd as well.
(New!!! 10-18-04)
Website visitor Barry Allen's story of
his encounter with Robertson and an unexpected "barn find" of a rare Porsche.) |
| Jim Coffin, and later
Leon Duhamel, drove this 1500 cc. "Bobtail" Cooper.
These cars were a fair
match for the older Porsche Spyders. |
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