| Pomona:
July 8-9, 1961
The big iron -- American
V8 powered Specials -- ruled on this legendary weekend.
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| Imagine the noise --
and look at the body language of the drivers. This photo from Gus
Vignolle's "MotoRacing" shows the intensity of the race. |
Shown here are:
Saturday winner Drake
took the early lead, but Hulette stayed with him. The two traded
first place back and forth while Saturday DNF Bob Edmison charged through
the field. Spencer, Miller & Dixon chal- lenged, then dropped
out. On the 12th lap Drake had a very unfortunate accident, causing
the race to be red-flagged.
Hulette won, Edmison
finished 2nd, Mike Roetnor in his 3-liter Ferrari Testa Rossa was 3rd,
Stewart in the DeMar Special was 4th. Jim Connor brought Stan Sugarman's
Ferrari 625-TRC-Corvette home in 5th place.
Flat out and evenly matched,
this race featured not only my favorite cars of all time but some of the
hardest, gutsiest driving I've ever seen. This was also the last
time that such a dominant field of V8 powered Specials met in such a mass
battle.
Joe
Scalzo's Article Describes This Race!!!
New!!!
Another Joe Scalzo article on
this tremendous event!
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