The indomitable Oscar Koveleski has won the feature race and shows the checkered flag to his adoring fans.
Oscar at speed. The Cooper was a huge upgrade from his Ferrari-Chev “car 54 where are you”. While not a newer big modified car, Oscar had great results.
Oscar was challenged by Sam Feinstein’s newly acquired Lola T-70. The pair finished 1st & 2nd in both races.
Harold Keck and team celebrate his victory in the AP first race. The Cobra did not finish the second.
Harold Keck, Archway Ford 427 Cobra would have a great 1966 in the Cobra.
An idea of how dangerous yet wonderful Reading was. A ditch and culvert protected by hay bales as Keck drives hard past the stop sign.
BARC driver Buzz Marcus won DP in both races. Riding high is his gorgeous wife Ronnie.
Buzz heads out onto the airport in his very quick TR-4. The only cars to beat him in the race were Koveleski’s Cooper and Feinstein’s Lola. That is how fast Marcus was.
Yet another BARC driver Mickey Cohen (not the gangster) won G Modified in both races with his Lotus 23.
The victories were not easy as John Heyer’s 23 stayed close.
John Repasche in his Porsche RSK won F Modified on Saturday but was a DNF on Sunday.
Repasch holds off Kime’s TR-4. Kime would get a 3rd in DP on Sunday morning but drop to last on Sunday afternoon.
An older but very fast Corvette of G. Fisher was second only to the Keck Cobra beating a very big field of A-B productions and A sedan cars.
Corvette #55 won BP on Sunday morning and came back to not just win BP but first overall in the afternoon.
Sammy Feinstein was better known for his AP 427 Cobra. Sam was ready for something even quicker and raced this Lola T-70 for two years.
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Randy Canfield finished 2nd in the 1st HP race but had this wheel come off during the Sunday race.
Canfield’s left rear is dragging as the wheel chases him. Dempsey in #77 wonders where the wheel is going next.
Randy’s car takes the escape road but the wheel seems to want to make the corner. Jack Cattel’s Sprite chases Dempsey.
BARC driver Steve Elfenbein’s Corvette races with the purple Barracuda of Al Schall. Steve as a dnf in the morning but won AP in the afternoon when Keck’s Cobra dropped out.
T.Jorgenson’s Corvette looks a bit weary as he powers back onto the airport runways. He would finish top 3 in AP in both races.
The Lotus S7 of Willis Weldon leads the Porsche of Scarborough and the Lotus 7 of BARC driver Judy Beattie. Weldon would win both races, Beattie a 3rd and a dnf and Scarborogh a 2nd and a 3rd.
Now the Scarborough Porsche is leading the Lotus and BARC wonder woman Judy Beattie in the black Lotus 7 is challenging Weldon.
Willis Weldon now has a commanding lead in his CP Lotus. Best part of the shot are the corner workers enjoying the sun.
The Porsche 912 of Erhadrt Schlosser leads the Healey of Richard Walters and the Elva Courier of Loren Solnick.
D production all Modified cars made for an interesting mix. Barnet Weber’s MGB is followed by a Palmer Smeltz’ GSM Dart which blocked Mickey Cohen off the road.
Lyle Heck’s #65 MGB chases Howlands #40 TR-4. A DP Turner is about to be passed by Jphn Heyer’s Lotus 23. What a mix of cars and how great a race.
A rear look at the rare GSM Delta as it chases a much more common MGB. In this race, Palmer Smeltz in the Delta finished just 2 seconds behind Lyle Heck’s MGB.
Ferril “shorty” Miller had this Turner dialed in. The car was rare and maybe the best car for FP. At reading he was 4 seconds a lap faster than the next car.
Long’s TR-3 is racing hard with O’Malley’s MGA. Neither finished in the first race. Hmm, I wonder what happened.
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