Tag Archives: Pedro Rodriguez
Pedro’s Greatest Race?
On April 12, 1970 the BOAC 1000Km. Race, counting for the world championship for sports cars, was held at Brands Hatch, located in Kent south of London. Here is the Porsche 917K which was entered by John Weir’s team on behalf of Porsche and driven by Pedro Rodriguez and Leo Kinnunen. Their Porsche is shown […]
The Eagle has Landed
Here we are during practice for the Monaco Grand Prix which took place on May 7, 1967. Seen in the pits is Dan Gurney in his All American Racers Eagle-Weslake with its Weslake Engineering-built 3 liter V12 motor. This motor had been designed to Gurney’s order by Aubrey Woods who had worked for BRM and […]
A Little Sunday Drive in the Country
Here is the young Mexican driver Ricardo Rodriguez waiting for his start time for the Targa Florio in Sicily on May 8, 1960. His car is a Ferrari Dino 196S with a two liter V6 single cam per bank motor, kind of half of a Ferrari V12. Ricardo will be sharing his “ride” with his […]
First One Out in Front
Pedro Rodriguez has just made an outstanding start in The Le Mans 24 Hours on June 20, 1964. Rodriguez is driving a four liter Ferrari 330P entered by Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team. This was a car that had competed at Le Mans the year before, finishing third, as a works 250P with a […]
Daytona Days
It is just prior to the pace lap at Daytona for the Continental, a 2000 Km race held on February 2, 1964 and counting for the Manufacturers Championship. Here the starting field is lined up in pit lane with two Shelby Cobras in the front row. On pole is the brand new Cobra Daytona Coupe […]
Ferrari’s F1 Sports Racer
This is New Zealander Chris Amon braking his Ferrari 312P (0870) for the SüdKehre (South Curve) complex at the end of the pit straight on the original Nürburgring Nordschleife during the 1000 Km. race there on June 1, 1969. The chassis and motor of the 312P were designed at Ferrari by Mauro Forghieri to compete […]
Klemantaski Collection 