Torrey
Pines 2 -- Ken Miles & Harry Chapman
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| "Ken Miles exits Turn
1 in Sunday's 1500cc race. He had destroyed a similar car at Turns 4-5,
either at this event or a previous one. John Biehl remembers hearing
Josie Von Neumann, who was standing a little too close to the PA system,
let go with a string of expletives when it was announced that Miles had
overturned one of their cars and her comments were broadcast around the
track." |
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| William "Bumpy" Bell
was a Tucson auto dealer who sold Lotus cars (before Jay Chamberlain got
the West Coast franchise) and also OSCAs. Here's a brand new OSCA
"LeMans" with a 1.5 liter motor, driven by former MG Special driver Harry
Chapman. It's smooth aerodynamic look was a modern step away from
the OSCA MT4's that dominated American small modified sports car racing
until the emergence of the Porsche 550's and Lotus MK9s & MK 11s. Here
driver Chapman exits Turn 3 to head down the short straight to the fast
twin Turns 4-5." |
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| "Bumpy's OSCA on the
trailer. I took this pix Saturday morning, January 14, as I wandered
around the pit area. Here the car sits without its numbers, but with
two front wire fender- finders. Whoever owns this car now, please
put those back on the car, then contact me and I will trade my Lotus XI
straight across for this car." |
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