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Bob Temple Photos, Indy 1950

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Story by Pete Vack
Photos by Bob Temple courtesy Dale LaFollette (Vintage Motorphoto)

From the VeloceToday Archives, November 2017

Reading and reviewing Aldo Zana’s book, “Monzanapolis,” I was reminded that Dale La Follette had previously sent along some photos taken at Indy in 1950 by Bob Temple. It seems that now is a good time to present these photos, which are not only excellent as were all of Temple’s photos, but many were taken during practice or qualifying and are of cars that did not make the race including a one-off Auto-Union-like mid-engine car reportedly finance by Howard Hughes.

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Bob Temple Photography

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Charles Chayne’s Cabriolet La Royale chassis 41121 at the end of the Press on Regardless Rally on August 6, 1950.

From the VeloceToday Archives, May, 2017

VeloceToday presents photographs by Bob Temple, coming to us via the collection of Vintage Motorphoto’s Dale LaFollette.

The photos are remarkable in themselves, portraits of cars and events that shaped the sports car movement in the U.S. during the post war years which include the Bugatti La Royale convertible when owned by Chayne. But they were particularly interesting for us, for the photos brought together an equally remarkable set of VeloceToday Contributors who each had story behind some of the images.

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Bob Temple Photos: Rare Ones at Indy, 1950

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Story by Pete Vack
Photos by Bob Temple courtesy Dale LaFollette (Vintage Motorphoto)

Reading and reviewing Aldo Zana’s book, “Monzanapolis,” (Review will be published soon) I was reminded that Dale La Follette had previously sent along some photos taken at Indy in 1950 by Bob Temple. It seems that now is a good time to present these photos, which are not only excellent as were all of Temple’s photos, but many were taken during practice or qualifying and are of cars that did not make the race including a one-off Auto-Union-like mid-engine car reportedly finance by Howard Hughes. Plus a few mysteries for our readers; the first to properly identify the engine in the lead photo above will win a copy of “Cuban Grand Prix 1957.”

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And How! Bob Temple’s Sports Car Rally Photos

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“The Farago Fiat was a crowd stopper where ever it went. Paul was a pretty serious driver and as I recall the Michigan State Police had been advised of the event and were cooperative.”-Eric Davison. Bob Temple photo.

Photos by Bob Temple courtesy Dale LaFollette, Vintage Motorphoto

Last week we looked at the Bob Temple photos from a relatively unknown event at South Bend Indiana. This week, the Bob Temple photo file shows us another early and rare event, this time in rural Michigan called the Press on Regardless Rally. Here, we see three interesting items; another appearance of the Paul Farago Fiat 1100, the Chayne Bugatti, and, most remarkably, Eric Davison’s father with his Jag SS100. (See Eric’s article on the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum this week.) [Read more…] about And How! Bob Temple’s Sports Car Rally Photos

And How! Bob Temple at South Bend, 1951

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And How! features open and innovative formats for notices, articles and posts.

Bob Temple’s photo of the John Cuccio Alfa 2300, S/N 2111029, taken at the Studebaker Proving Grounds,
South Bend Indiana on June 23rd 1951.

As we mentioned last week, over the next few weeks VeloceToday will present photographs by Bob Temple, coming to us via the collection of Vintage Motorphoto’s Dale LaFollette.

Photography by Bob Temple courtesy Dale LaFollette
Story by Pete Vack

Recently, old friend Dale LaFollette sent me a group of scanned negatives, but he wasn’t sure of the locations, year, or event. Nor was I. Enter equally old mutual friend Jim Sitz. I knew Jim because he would fact-check my articles for R&T, AQ and Forza back in the last century. Dale and I sent the photos to Jim for identification. The event was so rare – an early SCCA regional in the Midwest – that even today there is no trace of it anywhere in magazines or the Internet (well maybe Motor Trend, says Jim). But, Jim doesn’t rely on the Internet. No. Jim Sitz has everything on index cards – a card filing system from the pre-computer era. [Read more…] about And How! Bob Temple at South Bend, 1951

And How! 5-23: The Bob Temple Negatives

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And How! is a new regular feature in VeloceToday, just right for those stories which are too short or too little or news items that don’t qualify as full length articles.

Charles Chayne’s Cabriolet La Royale chassis 41121 at the end of the Press on Regardless Rally on August 6, 1950.

Over the next few weeks VeloceToday will present photographs by Bob Temple, coming to us via the collection of Vintage Motorphoto’s Dale LaFollette.

The photos are remarkable in themselves, portraits of cars and events that shaped the sports car movement in the U.S. during the post war years which include the Bugatti La Royale convertible when owned by Chayne. But they were particularly interesting for us, for the photos brought together an equally remarkable set of VeloceToday Contributors who each had story behind some of the images. [Read more…] about And How! 5-23: The Bob Temple Negatives

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