| Here's the history of
this car, Jaguar C-Type #0017:
Supplied to Hornburg,
USA; sold to Sterling Edwards
(San Francisco); 1952 Torrey Pines, California, 3rd; also raced by Irv
Robbins, including Palm Springs; Pebble Beach, crashed by mechanic (hit
straw bale); late-1953 sold to Louis Brero; 1954 March Field, Riverside,
California, 5th; Torrey Pines, Six Hour Race, 1st; various successes in
other races ? hillclimbs; 1955 sold to Ray Seher (Nevada); raced 14 times
including Santa Rosa, California, 3rd; Sacramento races, 1st in class x
2: 2nd overall x 2 1st overall; Stockton, 1st; Santa Rosa,1st;
Stockton, 1st; Cotati Air Field, 2nd; 1956 Salinas,1st (on same day James
Dean vvas killed on Highway 101 on his way to this race); Santa Rosa.1st;
Cotati Air Field, 2nd. Walnut Grove; Stockton: Laguna Seca, 3rd; sold to
Leon Mandel (publisher of "Autoweek" magazine); raced about six times for
owner by several local drivers including Bob O'Brien; 1962 Stockton, Laguna
Seca, Bob Potter; sold to Chuck Davies; restored, painted black, used for
concours ? occasional daily use; January 1967, featured in Road ? Track:
1969 sold to Orin Palmer (Califomia); 1970 raced at Laguna Seca; car then
stored; 1987 sold to Terry Larson (Arizona) and used in many vintage races
and events.
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