US Road Racing Championship at Road America, 1963.

Ol' Shel thinks his team has what it takes. He's got Bondurant, Miles, and MacDonald driving for him. Not bad choices, eh?

That pesky Penske guy in the Ferrari disagrees that Shelby's folks have the lock. He runs up front for a bit, but eventually comes to naught. Keep an eye on him, though..I think he's got a great future.

Thought the Chaparral I was a Scarab..until a real Scarab showed up. Yenko drove one? I never knew!

But in the end...it seems that the "rear-engine revolution" wasn't just an Indianapolis thing back in the day. Hell, my road racing tribe may have done it *first*. And I'd be proud of that, y'all know how snarky we sportscar guys are about technology. :D

BTW: I was 1yr old in 1963. Maybe that's why I dug ESPN's "Glory Days" so much. I actually laughed out loud at the 'CABLE TV IS IMPORTANT!!' ad..I worked at a cable network back then. We really did think that about what we were doing at the time. Oh, we were so young...