Ryan submitted a new blog post: Tom Cobbs: Pikes Peak, 1960 Part 4 Continue reading the Original Blog Post
I should mention, this is the D-Type I spoke of: A few from other sources: The car ran in hill climbs, on road courses, and even drag raced. True rich kid hot rod financed by Bill’s parents.
I love how many cars have the large Moble Pegasus horse decal on their cars. This sure is another great batch, thanks.
The "D" in D-type must stand for dope, cuz that car sure is! Thanks again for sharing these photo archives Ryan...
Wonder what that #8 is with dual headlights & dual caddie tail lights & injected. Appears to be fiberglass body. Where did it end up - in the back of a dusty barn?
The Pegasus and Porsche story… man, it’s a rabbit hole. I won’t drag the whole damn forum through it since it veers off-topic, but the amount of misinformation floating around is wild. Take this for instance - plenty of books swear up and down that James Dean’s ’55 356 was the first Porsche to wear the Mobil Pegasus logo. Total bullshit. By ’53, plenty of 550s were already carrying Pegasus Oil decals across Europe. Mobil/Pegasus had struck up a contingency deal with Porsche almost from day one. Factory teams, independents, didn’t matter... slap the decal on, win your class, and they cut you a check. They even handed out a brand book dictating where the sticker went and which way the winged horse faced. Corporate control meets grassroots speed. Brilliant marketing, and it stuck. Everyone ran it. And here’s another wrinkle... the #62 RSK in these shots was owned by Mike Collins. Not exactly a headline name then, and hardly one now. But here’s where it gets personal: I once owned, drove, and ultimately wrecked a 912 that Mike himself had converted into a 911R back in the late ‘60s.
I believe this to be Charlie Royal's home built sports car. About all the information I can find on it is that it was hand laid fiberglass, Buick Powered, and did not start the race in 1960 due to a safety issue.
I couldn't find a thing on this one... His car number wasn't registered for the race and it did not compete. But it almost looks like a Bocar?
Spectacular roll…love the daylight optimism! What stands out to me: Snow Tire rears on just about every car Unser’s 60 Pontiac — a personal favorite Porsche Speedster “stinger” exhaust
Verified. Bocar. If you are interested, more details can be found here: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=53583
Another priceless set of photos. Great info on the Pegasus. I would like to hear your unedited version of the story. Thanks!
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