Ol Yeller race car

Inter Team Memo: A Rare “Esprit de Corps”

March 27, 2023 By pete

Photo by Vince Johnson

By Ernie Nagamatsu

In our ‘life-time journey,’ we sometimes have the fortuitous opportunity to share and experience the “Esprit de Corps,” that is felt to the marrow of our bones. That life journey experience includes the hurdles and challenges thrown down like huge gauntlets at our feet. During our recent races in Australia, special ‘team’/ ‘Esprit de Corps,’ was the mystical convergence of people/friends that were on a journey and mission, which happened to include an iconic old yellow race-car.

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Photo Gallery 2: Allen R. Kuhn, 1956-58

January 31, 2022 By pete

I was really enjoying my Photographer Pass, especially at Paramount Ranch. The elevation changes gave you dramatic angles to catch the cars. Such as this one of Dan Gurney in Frank Arciero’s Ferrari 375 Plus on December 8, 1957. Dan won by 30 seconds over Bob Oker in an Aston Martin.

Story and photos by Allen R. Kuhn

By late 1956 I was really getting into the swing of what and how to shoot, for example Ferrari, particularly the sports racers. But I didn’t know was there would still be a great interest in these cars 40 years later. If I had known that I would have had much different shooting technique. The most important change would have been to use a lot more film. [Read more…] about Photo Gallery 2: Allen R. Kuhn, 1956-58

Photo Gallery: Allen R. Kuhn, 1955-56

January 24, 2022 By pete

Paramount Ranch, November 18, 1956.

Story and photos by Allen R. Kuhn

The Editor has been so kind as to let me post a few images that are the most memorable, to me, from my early years as a photographer and sports car aficionado. Many have never been published before. We both agreed that the lead photo above exemplified what sports car racing in the 1950s was all about. Front row, is #59 Bob Oker, AC Ace Bristol, #2 Dan Gurney, Porsche 356 Speedster, and #131 Jim Parkinson (# not shown), Austin-Healey 100S. Oker won the race with Parkinson third and Gurney being a DNF with clutch problems.

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