DICK THOMPSON: Doc started in an MG-TD at Sebring in 1952. Then to a Porsche a Healey and ended up in Cunningham Maserati’s. Along the way Thompson won 7 SCCA titles. For more on him Doc Thompson
JERRY TITUS: A true renaissance man. Journalist, jazz trumpet, racing driver. Editor in Chief of Sports Car Graphic, he left that to be the factory driver for Shelby in the TransAm series. Titus drove as hard as he lived and unfortunately died at Road America in 1970. Another guy who was barc material.
MAURICE TRINTIGNANT: Trint competed in F1 from 1950 to 1964. He won The GP of Monaco in 1955 & 1958 plus the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1954. Le Petoulet drove for Bugatti to Ferrari and Rob Walker. Trintignant Story
FRED WINDRIDGE:Windridge loved his V8 power. Super successful in Corvettes, Fred drove for Briggs Cunningham at both Sebring and Le Mans. We loved him for his spirited driving of the flat black Kelso Chev Lister. After retiring from racing Windridge went to Florida and established one of the largest luxury yacht fleets on the east coast.
BILL WONDER: Like Dick Thompson Bill Wonder started in an MG-TD at Sebring. A flight engineer with American Airlines, Wonder loved fast cars. Perhaps his favorite was a 1965 Ford GT that won the Daytona 200K with Ken Miles & Lloyd Ruby. Wonder raced that car for years along with a Genie-Ford and various McLarens.
JESSE DOC WYLLIE:Doc Wyllie and wife Peg were SCCA regulars and most often winners in small bore sports racing cars. What none of us knew is Doc was President of Gulf research holding 72 scientific patents. Doc quit racing in 1970 when Gulf moved him to London. He returned to PA in 1878 and became an SCCA chief steward.