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
MAC TILTON: We knew him racing F III’s. Mac went west to work with Peter Brock and BRE and then founded Tilton Engineering. Tilton’s driveline components, most famously clutches are the standard of the racing world.
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
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
BOB TULLIUS: The founder of Group 44 racing. Tullius started in 1961 with a TR-3 and became the factory Triumph team winning countless championships before moving on to win in the TransAm with a Dodge Dart and then with Jaguar.
BOB TULLIUS: Bob was working at Kodak in Rochester, NY when he went to his first driving school in 1961. What a fantastic trip it was for this smart, driven man. His team and cars were everybit as clean and fast as Penske. Tullius closed Group 44
GILLES VILLENEUVE: Always enchanted with speed, Gilles first raced snowmobiles in Quebec. He changed to FB cars and was nearly unbeatable. Known for fantastic car control he was Commendatore Ferrari’s all time favorites. Villeneuve was the father
WOLFGANG von TRIPS: Taffy von Trips was a German Nobleman and aristocrat and d a great love of life. While his winning record was not memorable, he was always fast, if unreliable. vonTrips suffered many shunts and was often nicknamed vonCrash. Tr
JERRY WALSH: Maybe the coolest dude we knew. Walsh was a free spirit, businessman, lover,skateboard guru. He was the guy we all wanted to be. Steve McQueen had nothing on Racer Walsh.
JIM WEISSENBORN: Affectionatly known as Pencil Jim, he started in the early 60’s driving his Alfa to Vineland, racing and driving home. Later raced a factory Sebring MGA twincam. He now has a collection of neat vintage cars and lives near Laguna S
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 Windri
KEN WILLIAMSON: A very quick amateur MG racer, Williamson had great success with MGA’s and later a beautiful MGC Sebring replica. Last I saw Ken he was in a pristine Elva Courier coupe.
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. Wonde
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 h
DON YENKO: BARC member Yenko was a wild man for the ages. A talented jazz pianist he left New York when he saw Zoot Simms, legendary saxist, staying at the same fleabag hotel as himself. He went home to sell Chevies and we are better for it. He
DON YENKO: A talented, if wild race driver, more often sideways than straight ahead. But he won, and was national BP champ in 1962-1963. Perhaps more famous for the Yenko Stinger and Camaro, Don died in 1987 in a plane crash. Yenko was a bright l
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