5 June 1955 Castell'Arquato-Vernasca, Italy Image Unavailable, Please Login #228 166 MM/53 Ferrari Spyder 0264M Franco Benzoni 1st in class
Also on june 5th was the Castell’Arquato-Vernasca hillclimb at Piacenza. Benzoni won his class with his 166 MM.
June 5th, 1955 Santa Rosa SCCA Regional. 0428MD #26 Sterling Edwards DNF 0478AM #103 Jack McAfee (DNS - dispute with organisers after prractise) 0202A #106 George Sawyer DNF 0492M #130 John von Neumann Winner Image Unavailable, Please Login
Interesting to see 0202 A with the post crash body in the form of a '340 Mexico envelope body' (spyder).
A week late. 3rd Santa Barbara Road Races 29/30 May 1955 29/5 Ladies Races 0438MD #75 Josie von Neumann 2nd 29/5 Sport over 1500cc Preliminary 0438MD #75 Josie von Neumann ? 0492M #11 John von Neumann 2nd 30/5 Race 5 - Sport over 1500cc 0448MD #7 Bob Kelsey ? 0492M #11 John von Neumann NDF 0438MD #75 Bill Pringle 4th EM1 0502M #76 Ernie McAfee winner DM1 0478AM #87 Jack McAfee 3rd CM2 Image Unavailable, Please Login
Race number of winner John von Neumann was 107 (see last photo). AFAIK the 1° Annual Luther Burbank Rose Festival / Sports Car Road Races were on June 14 & 15.
Bob Kelsey drove in race 7 (DNF). Cavallino 210 page 39 shows also 0438 MD in that race (perhaps Josie von Neumann?)
Image Unavailable, Please Login 11-12 June 1955, 24 Heures du Mans, France Fourth round of the 1955 World Sportscar Championship Image Unavailable, Please Login #3 121 LM Scaglietti Spyder 0558LM Umberto Maglioli/Phil Hill DNF (clutch) Scuderia Ferrari #4 121 LM Scaglietti Spyder 0532LM Eugenio Castellotti/Paolo Marzotto DNF (engine) Scuderia Ferrari #5 121 LM Scaglietti Spyder Maurice 0546LM Maurice Trintignant/Harry Schell DNF (clutch) Scuderia Ferrari #12 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder 0440MD "Heldé"/Jean Lucas DNF (distributor) #14 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder 0504M "Mike Sparken"/Masten Gregory DNF (engine) Winner : Image Unavailable, Please Login #6 Jaguar D-type Mike Hawthorn/Ivor Bueb Jaguar Cars Ltd.
Image Unavailable, Please Login 12 June 1955, Parma-Poggio di Berceto, Italy Image Unavailable, Please Login #182 500 Mondial Scaglietti Spyder Prototype 0306TF (?) Gilberto Cornacchia 13th OA 5th IC #202 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder 0514M Luigi Piotti 11th OA 5th IC #204 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder 0548M Willy-Peter Daetwyler 1st OA 1st IC #206 250 Monza Pinin Farina Spyder 0432M Erasmo Simeoni "Kammamuri" 8th OA 4th IC #208 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder 0522M Franco Cornacchia 7th OA 3rd IC #210 500 Mondial Scaglietti Spyder 0512MD Mario Dalla Favera DNF Fatal accident
Yes, I'm continuing the adventure, but only with thumbnails now. By creating this thread, I just wanted to share all the photo treasures I've accumulated over the years. If you'd prefer me to close the thread, let me know.
Favera's accident was bad. He hit a house and the car was split in 2. In this photo the front half of the car is in the field towards the top of the photo. Image Unavailable, Please Login
A good reason for this thread is we go sequentially through a calendar year and it will likely reveal races or events that are new to many people. It also helps fill any gaps that people may have.
In the more old photos thread, there was a controversy about copyrights. Very difficult to credit photos since most of its come from the web. For example, for Parma-Poggio di Berceto : #182 was for sale on ebay #202 online auction #204 ebay #206 Instagram #208 1955 Ferrari Yearbook #210 Automobilia Ladenburg Who took these photos ? Who owns them ?
No one owns them. If you post one of your photos online, you lose control of it and must accept it. Otherwise, keep them in your vault. And many of the photos found online have been posted hundreds of times on other blogs and forums. I'm not even talking about the many photos taken from the Internet and sold on eBay.
And aren't photos supposed to fall into the public domain after 70 years ? I read conflicting things on the subject.
in Austria / Europe we have 70 years BUT not when the picture has been taken 70 years after the death of the photographer Louis Klemantaski died 2001 ..... for me it is a big difference if you show a complete picture in full size or you cut it, like you do, and show only a part in low resolution
