Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
PORscHE FINISHES FIFTH
Joquor Makes Wallace
Eat Crow in Race Win

broken throttle linkage. 1t took
IL minutes to repair the linkagt
with a piece of rope, load ur
with fuel and give the wheel tt
Dick Thompson. Dick drove thu
remaining 3 hours and Is min
utes and finished with one cup.
full of gas.
Unlike last years inaugural
six-hour. won by Fred and Pinky
Windridge in their stock Jaguar
yesterdays endurance race was
dominated by the racing team:
sponsored by dealers.
Jack Pry's two Porsches wor
both index of performance
classes, the Spyder taking the
modified division and the l,60(
the production division. Man
hattan's Jag was the overall
winner. and that company also
had the modified index clinchec
until Nick Ryder tipped hi:
modified MG-A. Ryder's brakes
faded suddenly with just three
minutes remaining and he
turned over on the first back
turn. escaping uninjured.
Surprise of the show were
the Triumphs entered by United
Auto. Three started in the six
hour and finished third. fourth
and eighth. Harold HURLEY Of
Baltimore. heretofore a novice
won two of the five preliminary
sprint races in separate Tri-
umphS.
Summaries:
Six-Hour Race
:. Overall finish-l, Duncan Black and
Jim Robinson, Jaguar KISS. $50 laps
three pit stops: ., Dick Nash and Dick
Thompson, Porsche 1000. III laps. one
Whei% TriumpS SO g ri lsps Ah four Oi pii
stops !. stoyer Babcock and Roger
Wing. Triumph, lis laps. three pit
stops: ., Charlie Wallace and Charlie
Sarle, Porsche Spyder RS. 174 laps, six
s, Bob Walker and John Holmes. Ace
james Miller and unknown eodriver
Lester NC, l6S laps. four pit stops: $,
1877 laps. eight pit stops: o. Georgs
BixleT and unknown, 1877 laps. four pit
stops: 10; Harry Beck and Jack Guthrie
MG-A, 1856 laps. four pit stops.
modified Triumph, l64 laps; II. Dave
Speigler and Bill Jackson. Morgan, l6a
laps; ID, Henry Grimes and Herb Gussin
Austin-Healey. 1852 laps; IA, Robert
ISL laps: IS, Woody Young and 0eorgs
Parks, MORGAN. 80 laps; q, Rick KEEL
ley and Art Tweedale. Fairthorpe, 81
laps tTen other starters did not nm
Modified index of performance-1.
Charlie Wallace and Charlie SaTle: >,
James Miller and unknown 3. Duncan
Black and Jim Robinson.
Production index OF performance,
Dick Nash and Dick thompson; >. Bob
and Dick Wilhelm; Z. Slower
Babcock and Roger Wing; B, Harry Beck
and Jack GuthrieS; d. Dave Spiegler and
Bill jackson; Z, George Bull and Bob
Lautz.
Preliminary Races 90 Iapsl.
First sprint. novice drivers. Har-
old HURLEY. Triumph; =, Charles Dyer
ley Austin-Healey: 3 George Elliot.
nloiNau (ldSS Es---fuTlity. GlASS L.
Bverley. Glass B-Russ Nees. Corvette
Glass Click Driseoll. Jaguar l4O NC
Glass G--Don Kinney, Porsche 1900
Class F-Archle Meihls MIG
Second sprint, for production cars IN
>, Rick Kelley, Fairthorpe; 3. John
Holmes. Porsche. Glass F-TNeedale
Glass G-Robert Bowers. Alta Romeo.
Third sprint. for modified cars under
> ) hters-l, Fred Fuller. Ace Bristol
>. NJ. A. Cappiello Ace Bristol; 3. Dave
Latsha. Morsan Class D-Ed WriSht.
Fourth sprint, for all other modified
,ars-l. Bob Holbert, Porsche Spyder
RS; ., Duncan Black. as Ferrari. g..
Frank BapsiSta, Lotus Mona Glass c
Black Clas F-Holbert Glass b
Baptista Glass B production-Dave
White, Corvette.
Fifth sprint. handicapped-l. Harold
Po-sche spydsr RS: 3 Fred Fuller. Ace
Bristol No class trophies