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Dan Gurney & Stirling Moss

were equally matched at Laguna Seca on Oct. 2l-22,1961 in near identical Lotus Mk.l9s. The firs heat was a close battle for the lead, with Moss coming out on top.

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"Morr's Gurney leads in the Arciero Bros. entered ."r. UDT-Laystall Lotus was his winning car thr year.

': - ;;# * "- .ii""'r.-E:. \q In the second 100 mile heat, Moss and Gurney resumed the fight. Here they prepare to lap George Koehne's Birdca ge .

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Olivier Gendebien

This Belgian aristocrat is best known as an endurance race winner, often paired with in F and Hill won at LeMans in 1958 and 1961 in 3-liter V12 Testa Rossas, and again in 1962 in liter Ferrari. In addition Gendebien won the 24 hour race in 1960 partnered with fellow Belgian r: journalist Paul Frere.

At Laguna Seca on October 2l-22, 1961, Gendebien won the "Under 2- liter class in the #10 UDT-Laystall entered 2.0 liter Climax-powered Lotus Mli.19. ! ,"itrfli*Sri Gendebien's skills and the ultra-light Lotus were too much for the Spyders on this day. Gendebein was 8th in the first heat and 9th in the second.

Here Gendebien passes Canadian Peter Rynn in his 2.5 liter l-otus NIlt.l9.

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This particular Lotus sure squats down urrJ.. power. Here Gendebien has just squeezed by Ilarry "Meister Brausertt in Turn 5. Now he floors it as he sets up to power down the corkscrew. line and out of slrape, struggles to control the sliding Scarab.

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Stirling Moss

was a standout in English club racing in the years following World War IL In the early he b competing on the European continent as well.

In 1954-55 he joined on the all-conquering MercedeEBenz team. Moss backe Argentininn in his two championship years with Mercedes-Benz and won the 1955 Milte Miglia oul German team.

He went on to an illustrious Fl career, well-covered on his Personal Site.

Moss won both heats of the "" on October 22,1961.

In this photo he climbs the hill in the 2.5 liter Climax-powered [IDT-Laystall entered Lotus Mh19.

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Wine Country Classic 2004 -- Group 5

These early 1960s cars are especially interesting because they're transitional between the old school sporl the 1950s and the no-holds-balred wildness of the later 1960s CanAm cars.

Frank Jellinek of Portsrnouth, NH, waql_usgaup in his 3500cc. 1962 was powered by a "B.o.P" (-oldsrnobile-Pontiac) alumintun . I lightweight V8s were a cost-effective way to add horsepower and reliability whr place of the pricey and fragile 2500cc. Coventry-Clirnax engines that originally these cars.

Rod Carveth drove this similar car in 1963.

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Sears Point "Wine Country Classics" 2002 -- 8

For a certain breed of hard-core historic racing enthusiast, it was a sad day when mid-engined Lot etc. like the cars below replaced the front-engined beasts of the 1950s.

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John Buddenbaum drove this 2.5liter Climax-powered Lotus Mk.19.

This car resembles the Lotus Mk.l9s driven by Stirling Moss & Dan Gurney in the 1961 Pacific Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.

David Smith appeared again in Grant Lotus Mk l9-Buick.

Smith leads #16 Dick Dorris in his Lotus Mk.23.

Next are #65 Don Anderson in his orange Bobsy-Porsche and #67 Ned Spieker in another Lotus Mk.23.

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