It is Ivo but according to him, the race never happened. GoKart 'had a heart attack' so they just staged the pictures.
I remember Chevron Custom Supreme in 1969 in Orange County Cal. an outrageous 32.9 BTW, if my memory serves me right all gasoline was leaded, minimum 100 octane. Does anyone else remember pinging valves when they reduced the octane?
I'm sure the parents of the lad chosen to be a little devil (in red) are just as proud as the parents of their "little angels".