Winner of the modified race, Ed Lowther, waves at the workers and spectators from his Genie.
Sherm Decker in the Cooper-Ford worked his way up from mid-pak to challenge Lowther but spun in the effort and finished 5th.
Sherm Decker sits in the Cooper with Werner Wagner, head of Foreign Cars of Greenwich, attending.
Sherm Decker is working hard in the Cooper Ford to stay in front of Alan Frieland’s Elva. Two BARC drivers finished well with Friedland 3rd and Sherm 5th.
Great color shot of Decker’s Cooper heading into the oval. The car had come back from Sebring and had been sold as they awaited a new Lola T-70. The Lola was long in coming and Decker went on to win Cumberland and Vineland.
Alan Friedland’s Elva Ford heads out of Cappy’s corner. The Decker Cooper has spun and you can see Sherm chasing the Elva.
Phyllis Friedland is all bundled up but happy to be taking the checkered flag lap with husband Alan.
Long shot of Friedland, who won FM in front of Warren Shamlian who won GP with a weary looking Tex Hopkins wanted to get warm.
Brad Parker, a local DC resident in a spanking new Elva MkVIII BMW raced in E Modified. The car blew a head gasket and Parker retired.
Brad Parker’s Elva VIII BMW leads the Ferrari Chev of Oscar Koveleski. Behind it looks as if the white Elva is being crushed just a bit by the Ferrari.
The marvelous Mister Frank Dominianni and his Corvette on the outside of an Elva Courier. Frank would not finish the race.
George Aldermann his Cooper Alfa. George ran well and led Mark Donohue until near the end. The car failed him to a 16th place finish.
Start of the big bore production car race. Harold Keck in the Cobra on pole, Charlie Kolb in the 904 Porsche middle and Don Yenko in his BP Corvette on the outside. Yenko would beat the Porsche to the line for 2nd place by a car length.
Hal Keck leads the Porsche 904 of Charlie Kolb as Al Loquasto in the 7th place Corvette moves aside.
Hal Keck in the new Archway 427 Cobra. Keck had a great year dominating the NE in the fastest production class.
Charley Kolb in the AP 904 Porsche to 3rd overall behind Keck’s Cobra and Don Yenko’s Corvette.
The Archway Ford team celebrates taking their lap of honor with driver Harold Keck.
Don Yenko smiles for the camera as he collects his checkered flag for winning B Production. Yenko, a true BARC member was also second overall to the AP 427 Cobra.
Ron Grable’s EP Porsche kept the lead from a hard charging Bruce Jennings to win and collect valuable points. Burt Everett and George Frey were close to Grable but both dropped out early.
Bob Tullius in the TR-4 won DP and was 2nd overall in the CP-DP race. Only Bruce Jennings Porsche Carrera was ahead.
Al Costner’s Sunbeam Alpine fitted Dunlop green dots for the wet track and walked away with the win. Brian Furstenau kept him honest until a flat tire moved him far back.
Brian Fuerstenau in the Group 44 TR-3. You can see the slick, wet track he faced during his race.
Art Riley’s Volvo P-1800 did not have a good day. We don’t remember what caused it, maybe no rain tires, but Art was uncharacteristically far back in FP.
Brad Picard in the MGB fought with John Kelly’s Porsche and finished 4th overall and 2nd in DP to Tullius’ TR-4
Harry Reynolds in his Torking Dog heads up the hill onto the oval as leader Ed Lowther’s Genie is headed down the long straight.
BARC stalwart Harry Reynolds in his Lotus 11 known as the Torking Dog. By 1965 the 11 was no longer a competitive machine, but Harry always drove it quickly.
Dave Zych and Judy Beattie represented the BARC. Zych created and wrote the BARC gazette for many years before taking over The Straighpipe newsletter for the DC region. Judy competed in both a Lotus Super 7 and later a Lotus 23.
BARC driver Donna Mae Mims raced her pink TR-3. She slipped and slid on dry weather tires to 7th.
A drivers meeting photo. Alan Friedland, center with the tall Harry Reynolds behind him. Steve Elfenbein in glasses to the right. The little guy in shades on the left is not Jackie Ickx.
The inimitable Art Riley chats it up sitting on his Volvo P-1800. This was a new Volvo after his trusty red car was mangled at Sebring just a month earlier.
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