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Bruce McCaw -- 1959 Ferrari 250TR
Bruce McCaw in Ferrari
250TR #0768. This car has a long history in West Coast racing.
Phil Hill drove it to victory in the 2nd annual "L.A. Times Grand Prix"
at Riverside on Oct. 11, 1959. Then owner Eleanor von Neumann (after
her divorce from John) sold #0768 to Jack
Nethercutt. He & Pete Lovely drove it to 3rd place at Sebring
on March 26, 1960. In 1962, Jerry
Grant drove the car for Dick Hahn of Yakima, WA, winning the "Rose
Cup" pro race at Portland on June 17 and the SeaFair event at Pacific Raceways
on July 29.
Decades later Lovely acquired
the car and campaigned it for years in historic
racing. |