Wally Barnitz -- 2
I just found the negatives for these
two photos showing Wally and his E-Type Jaguar in the pits at Del
Mar on Dec. 9-10, 1961. I didn't have prints of these photos in my
collection which tells me that I probably gave them to Wally back in 1961.
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| Wally in the pits at Del Mar.
A brilliant and cultured man, Wally died much too young of a congenital
heart defect. After racing, Wally flew high-performance gliders until
he had a serious accident. |
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| Wally ready to go out on track.
Your webmaster had the pleasure as a 14 year old to ride with Wally in
this E-Type from the Monterey Peninsula to Kent, Washington where Wally
raced in the July 28-29, 1962 "SeaFair" event at Pacific Raceways.
A radiator hose failure caused a DNF but didn't prevent us from a high-speed
open-exhaust run back to California. |
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| This faded print from 1961 shows Wally
in the Del Mar "esses". The tight course was laid out with cones
and haybales on the parking lot of the Del Mar horse racing track. |
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