| The Scarabs
These amazing cars were
built by Troutman-Barnes for Woolworth heir Lance
Reventlow. He and ace driver Chuck Daigh raced two of the three
cars in 1957-58. Reventlow retained the third for his personal transportation.
The Scarab's
greatest triumph was Daigh's victory in the 1958 Riverside GP. He
defeated
Phil Hill in the Ferrari
412-MI and a full field of local, national, and European stars.
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| Harry Heuer at Laguna
Seca, Oct. 21-22, 1961, in "Meister Brauser" colors. See Preston
Lerner's excellent book for a detailed history of these cars. |
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One week earlier...
Heuer rounds Turn 6 at
Riverside during the Oct. 15, 1961 "L.A. Times Grand Prix". |
| Heuer at Riverside's
Turn 8 late in Friday's qualifying session.
This photo gives a good
look at the 1.1 mile back straight leading to the banked Turn 9.
Link:
Don Orosco's Scarab at Laguna Seca in the 1990's!
(6-15-07) New Scarab Photos! |
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| From Bill Kreuger: (10-29-06)
"You say that Lance and Chuck Daigh raced the two Scarabs and that
Lance reserved the third for his personal use. It is pretty well
documented that the car that Lance had converted for his personal use was
the first car built and also the only one of the three built as a left
hand driver. It was the car that he usually raced (#16). Lance
raced car # 3 at Riverside along side Chuck because he had wrecked # 16
in practice and took over the car assigned to Bruce Kessler for the race.
The two Scarabs started on the front row with Phil Hill's Ferrari 412MI
between them.
The third car was rarely raced as it was generally needed for parts
for the other two cars and was completely rebuilt by Dick Troutman after
it was severely damaged (nearly cut in half by a tree some years later).
It belongs to the Collier Museum back east now. It has a wider nose than
the race cars because Troutman forgot that they had taken a 6" pie-shaped
piece out of the front of the cars when they found that they looked too
wide initially. Augie Pabst owns the second car built (Chuck's #5
from the Riverside win) that he got for a song (some say around $500) in
the Meister Brauser bankruptcy sale." |
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