Photo Gallery for A/Sedan and A-B/Production cars

[wrongwayron]

That's the Campbell spl.  California vehicle featured in SCG...took a bad tumble at Santa Barbara ... then it showed in Michigan .. got names someplace around here ... more pix in Waterford

[wrongwayron]

Campbell Special was driven locally by Joshua Saslove

[Bruce302]

Stunning photos. Thanks again Jon and Jerry Melton,

[Jon Mello]

Waterford Hills Regional 1968. Porsche 904s like this one ran in A/Production.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Hills Regional 1968.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Hills Regional 1968. Porsche 904 of Dr. Carl Armstrong.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Hills Regional 1968. Might be Bill Petree's Corvette.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Hills Regional 1968.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Hills Regional 1968.

Photo by Jerry Melton

[Jon Mello]

Waterford Regional 1968. Big-block Corvette

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Regional 1968. Another view of the same car.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Regional 1968. Big-block coupe vs small-block roadster.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Regional 1968. Fully accessorized Mustang.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Regional 1968.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Waterford Regional 1969.

Photo by Jerry Melton

[Jon Mello]

Riverside 1979. Ex-Penske Camaro driven by John Schwarz (later Fred Galloway and Ken Epsman)

Photo by Tom McIntyre

Riverside 1979. Les Lindley in an ex-Roy Woods Camaro

Photo by Tom McIntyre

Riverside 1979. Les Lindley in the driver's seat of his Camaro.

Photo by Tom McIntyre

[wolfmin]

I would love to see more pics of the ex-Woods Camaro when Les Lindley owned it.

[Jon Mello]

Mike, I don't have any other photos of Les Lindley's car but I will see if I can get more from Tom or somebody else. In the
meantime, here are some photos from Laguna Seca.

Circa 1975, Neil Vanni's blue '68 Camaro in the corkscrew. I don't know who's driving the purple '69. Anybody out there know?

Courtesy of Neil Vanni

Circa 1973, Unidentified A/Production Corvette vs. an unidentified '69 Camaro.

Photo by Paul Goodall

Circa 1973, Bruce Benninger's B/Production Corvette.

Photo by Paul Goodall

Circa 1973, Bruce overcooks it coming out of turn 8.

Photo by Paul Goodall

[Jon Mello]

Neil Vanni's 1968 Camaro A/Sedan racer circa 1975. This was John Putnam's old Trans-Am racer in '71-'72.

Dave Doyal Collection

A shot of Vanni's Camaro on the grid at Laguna Seca. The car has a '67 grille in it but it is a '68.

Dave Doyal Collection

Vanni's Camaro was the A/Sedan champion in the San Francisco region in 1975.

Dave Doyal Collection

Here's the engine in Vanni's Camaro in the 1974 timeframe.

Dave Doyal Collection

Another look at the engine. Lots of interesting details like the alternator mounted up high using the smog pump
bracketry and also a non-deep groove smog pump pulley on the alternator with hand drilled holes in it.

Dave Doyal Collection

[OCTARD]

Photo by Paul Goodall

Long time Nor-Cal SCCA racer and friend, Mike Meek, notes the following about this earlier pictured Corvette:

"The black number 3 A-Production Corvette is Dave Mock. Probably the cleanest A-Production Corvette in the country at the time."

[OCTARD]

Vanni's Camaro was the A/Sedan champion in the San Francisco region in 1975.

Dave Doyal Collection

And another addition from Mike Meek:

"If you look at the last shot of Neil's Camaro, you can see the back of my Corvette in the background.  If I could restore that car today I think I would leave the rainbow off.  I had a lot of fun racing with Neil back then."

[OCTARD]

Neil Vanni has continued on racing, and his most recent efforts have been in Honda Civics.  Neil has run his Hondas in the SPEED World Challenge, and in NASA Honda Challenge.   My brother raced with him for a few of those last years in Honda Challenge.  Neil is always a friendly face at the track, and his cars are well turned out and fast. 

[Jon Mello]

Chad, thanks for your input and that of Mike Meek.

Below are some Jerry Melton photos taken at an 1969 SCCA National race at Michigan Int'l Speedway. Both Tony
DeLorenzo and Jerry Thompson went on to race Owens-Corning sponsored Camaros in Trans-Am the following year.


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton


Photo by Jerry Melton

[beighes]

Re: And another addition from Mike Meek:

"If you look at the last shot of Neil's Camaro, you can see the back of my Corvette in the background.  If I could restore that car today I think I would leave the rainbow off.  I had a lot of fun racing with Neil back then."


What's Mike up to these days?  I met Mike when I started crewing for John Treder & haven't seen him since we really got out of racing.............back when Jeff James offed his ex--Oji /ex-IROC Camaro to Mark Ruden!! 

[Jon Mello]

Photos from the September 1968 Nationals at Steel Cities Raceway in Ohio.


Photo by Jerry Melton



Photo by Jerry Melton

Tech Inspector Bob Dunn going over a Corvette.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Tony DeLorenzo's L88 Corvette on the grid.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Tony's teammate Jerry Thompson in his '67 Corvette.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Jerry Thompson.

Photo by Jerry Melton

The GT350 of Sidney Finkel.

Photo by Jerry Melton

The race is underway...

Photo by Jerry Melton

The GT350 of John Mahler.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Tony DeLorenzo

Photo by Jerry Melton

Tony DeLorenzo

Photo by Jerry Melton

Ron Weaver's Corvette

Photo by Jerry Melton

Another shot of his car out on the track.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Bob Bienerth's B/Production Corvette, 327 powered.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Alan Barker's B/Production Corvette. Alan was a National Champion in B/Production and always fielded a competitive car.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Another shot of Alan.

Photo by Jerry Melton

The A/Production Corvette of William Matzen.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Bill Schumacher's Corvette

Photo by Jerry Melton

Ron Weaver

Photo by Jerry Melton

Bill Schumacher's Corvette

Photo by Jerry Melton

Jerry Thompson

Photo by Jerry Melton

Jerry Thompson

Photo by Jerry Melton

The Yenko Stinger of Richard Fegan running in D/Production.

Photo by Jerry Melton

Donna Mae Mims' Yenko Stinger but it looks like somebody other than her may be driving.

Photo by Jerry Melton