Road America 500, Wisconsin, September 1961. Bill Kimberly in the brand-new, but badly running chassis 63.002. Note the redundant full width FIA windshield and the air hoses for cockpit cooling. (Willem Oosthoek Collection)
By Willem Oosthoek
With a busy corporate schedule at Kimberly-Clark in Connecticut, Bill Kimberly had fewer opportunities to race during the 1961 season. As a regular “working stiff” his number of vacation days were limited, so invitations by Briggs Cunningham for Sebring, Le Mans and Road America were welcome. Briggs’ mechanics would do the preparations on the cars that Bill would race, another time and money saver for the amateur race driver.