CLAY REGAZZONI: A fine driver with both Ferrari and Williams. He drove two years for Ferrari and returned later to be #2 to Niki Lauda. Regazzoni gave Frank Williams its first F1 win in 1979. Regazzoni won in sports cars as well as F1. Here at
PETER REVSON: Revson was born into the company that started Revlon cosmetics. At the University of Hawaii Revson decided he wanted to race cars and started in a Morgan. From that meager beginning Peter went on to win in F1, in CanAm, TransAm and
BERTIL ROOS: Bertil Roos of Sweden had 1 drive in F1 but returned to the US to found his driving school. He drove many different cars in the US and his school still exists.
LANCE REVENTLOW: Boen of royalty and riches, Reventlow was a racer through and through. In 1957 he created a team to build an American sportscar that could dominate. And they did it, building the Scarab. Troutman & Barnes, Phil Remington, Ch
LANCE REVENTLOW: Shown in the cockpit of his Scarab, Lance was an excellent driver and businessman. His big mistake came in designing and building a Scarab F1 car exactly at the time the entire Grand Prix teams had switched to rear engined cars.
HARRY REYNOLDS: BARC racer Reynolds came out of the Philly area with his hearty Lotus 11 affectionately known as The Torking Dog. Harry kept his racing going until moving up to formula cars. Harry won two SCCA national championships in his Brabha
HARRY REYNOLDS: Harry wrote the ultimate book on Formula III cars in 2007. Always enjoyable and never without an opinion, Reynolds is the finest cocktail party conversationalist. And he usually knows what he is talking about. Be sure to have lot
PAUL RICHARDS: A gentleman racer who started in FIII cars along with Lex duPont, Jim Haynes and George Alderman. Richards went on to join Team Roosevelt and won countless races in their FIAT Abarths. Richards drove the Kelso Cooper, Alfa coupes a
ART RILEY: Mister Volvo who claimed he only raced to sell cars in his dealership. Hah, he was fast and put Volvo on the map in US racing. A true gentleman racer, Riley was around for years. There;s always a good story behind a private racer like
MILLARD RIP RIPLEY: BARC member Rip came from a car family and owned the VW dealership in Ithaca, NY. Rip raced for years, mostly in small displacement G and F Modifieds. He had great success in the car shown here, a Bobsy Porsche. Spankey Smith smo
MILLARD RIP RIPLEY: Shown here in his Formula Vee, Rip was more known for his success in Elva and Lola sports racers winning the SCCA G Modified national championship in 1960. Rip loved the Sebring 12 hour but it was never kind to him.
PEDRO & RICARDO RODRIGUEZ: Two Mexican brothers who were blistering fast. Ricardo (R) the younger was killed in 1962 at the Mexican GP when Ferrari would not send a car for him. Pedro went on to a stellar career before being killed in 1971 at
PEDRO RODRIGUEZ: The older of the brothers Pedro, while wild & crazy, was considered the more conservative. Pedro won two F1 races but was most spectacular in sports cars - most notably the devilish Porsche 917. A true rain master, Pedro was a w
RICARDO RODRIGUEZ; Ricardo, the younger became fast immediately with a sensational win at Riverside when 15 years old in a Porsche 550.. He out paced his older brother but was very hard on equipment. When Ricardo drove the 1961 Italian GP he was
PEDRO & RICARDO RODRIGUEZ: The BARCBOYS were super jealous of the Rodriguez brothers. We were the same age but they had the money and they had Porsche Spyders and Ferrari’s. We ate peanut butter sandwiches and slept in the back of our cars.
TED ROUNDS: Known by the young BARC members as The Legend, Rounds was both a great wrench and driver. He went to school with Sherm Decker and they remained friends forever. Rounds decided to go racing in 1959 and bought the 1957 factory Sebring M
TED ROUNDS: Ted switched to the faster twin cam MGA in 1960 and continued his successful run. 1961 was his last season behind the wheel but Rounds helped Zych and Nicholas get their early cars safe and ready.
PETER RYAN: Peter Ryan was a brief and shining star. Born in the US but the family moved to Mont Tremblant and became Canadian. He was a championship skier before turning to racing cars. We saw him often at Watkins Glen, Sebring and in Canada.
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