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yeah, but who's the man in the cowboy hat? Now i would be impressed if you told me that

 

Andrea de Adamich?

 

I can tell you that Tex Hopkins is the starter, always a bit flamboyant in his lavender suit.......

 

The more I look at the picture, the more I think it's Richard Petty

 

i don't know who it is but i doubt richard petty. too broad for him. he is one lanky fellow.

pretty interesting question though.

tom w

 

I agree that Tex Hopkins in his characteristic lavendar hill mob suit would be the logical choice, but won't the starter be the guy in front of the grid with the flag rolled up in his hand, not somebody standing behind the grid?
Ed

 

I meant to say that I had no clue as to who the 'cowboy hat' at the back of the grid was, but that it was Tex hopkins at the 'front' of the grid.

 

Sorry, I misinterpreted what you said. Yes, I agree, it looks like Tex with the starters flag. He flagged me off the starting grid at Marlboro in about this era more than once and I remember his trademark running jump with the flag. Always very cool! Then, SCCA began using rolling starts and he would be up in a starters tower, so that was the end to his running jumps. I have no idea who the gent with the cowboy hat is. Nice hat, though!
Ed

 

Yes, he was a contractor in public works.

 

Tavano only drove Ferraris at Le Mans.

1956 DNF Ferrari 500 TR N° 21 Tavano, Meyra
1957 DNF Ferrari 500 TRC N° 27 Tavano, Peron
1958 DNF Ferrari 250 TR N° 19 Tavano, Martin
1959 5th OA Ferrari 250 GT California N° 16 Grossman, Tavano
1960 4th OA Ferrari 250 GT N° 16 Dumay, Tavano
1961 DNF Ferrari 250 GT Sperimentale N° 12 Tavano, Baghetti
1962 DNF Ferrari 250 GTO N° 23 Tavano, Simon
1963 DNF Ferrari 250 GTO N° 20 Tavano, Abate
1964 9th OA Ferrari 250 GTO 64 N° 27 Grossman, Tavano

A good local driver.

 

Here's a starter
Le Mans 1958
#5 - Aston Martin DB3S - P & G whitehead - 2nd
#29 - Porsche RSK/4 - Behra/Hermann - 3rd
#21 - Ferrari 250TR - 'Beurlys'/de Changy - 6th
#22 - Ferrari 250TR - Hugus/Erikson - 7th
Hill/Gendebien won in Ferrari 250TR
Nathan

 

s/n n° 21 "0736
n° 22 "0732"

 

Man to the left with rain hat, glasses, and moustache appears to be Ed Hugus.

Gramps

 

I'm in the crowd somewhere with my father (I was only 10)

 

The LM 95 Ferraris
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Beautiful photos Philippe. It looks like it was wet in 1995?

Gramps

 

LOVELY!!! I knew there was a reason why NASCAR put me to sleep!

 

Wet?
Guess that's what you call an understatement ;-)
Well, Sunday was OK, compared to the previous day IIRC

 

I hope I am not out of bounds by posting these photos of a model on ebay. Is this 1451? Can anyone document the race and date? It bares a marked similarity to a photo of the real car posted earlier from Lime Rock 1959.
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This is 1085GT as raced by Allan R. Wylie in Marlboro on 01/oct/61 - correct down to missing passenger side wiper arm! Best wishes, Kare