Gulf Coast Region’s SCCA executive Bill Kimberly posing with his 2-liter Ferrari 500TR (chassis 0642) at Pensacola’s Corry Field Naval Air Station in April 1959. (Willem Oosthoek Collection)
By Willem Oosthoek
With his purchase of the Ferrari 500TR previously raced by Chick Butscher and Lucky Casner, Bill Kimberly finally had an opportunity to contest feature victories in SCCA Regionals. It would prove difficult, though, as competition in the Southeast was stiff for a more than two-year old, mid-sized bolide.