Milt minter race car driver

Milt minter usas cars photo gallery racing sports cars. Gmp racing golf coming to light after all these years. Excellent condition but may have small scratches or marks all easily fixable with a graphics program not apparent in the small, lower resolution scans. In 1951, it was added to the new scca national sports car championship. Click on the number of races to see individual races. I have seen milt race many times, but circumstances never led to me ever getting to meet him. Volkswagen motor parts mk1 race cars classic cars racing golf. He was a great friend and favorite racing driver of mr. Registry member, rgruppe member, hard charging hero of the racing world, and good friend.

The movie studio had other plans for the grand prix star, considering racing too. Meeting someone of his accomplishment with the same name was a curiosity. Thomas tommy milton november 14, 1893 july 10, 1962 was an american race car driver best known as the first twotime winner of the indianapolis 500. The 1972 canadianamerican challenge cup was the seventh season of the canam auto racing series. Canadianamerican challenge cup valvoline canam midohio midohio sports car course lexington ohio 22 august 1971. He narrowly beat milt minter in the 1974 standings and again won the daytona 24 hours at the start of a third successive imsa titlewinning campaign in 1975. The driver gets points if he finishes in the first six positions of every race 2. Formerly owned by ron brown, cliff kearns, mary hinze and mike gammino. There was no passing of a torch when milt minter died on. Apr 26, 2019 in milts minters first race in the car at bryar, new hampshire, he finished 2nd.

Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Nah, milt would have skipped his own party to be back in a race car. This blog was created to give all of us trans am and 2. This means once youve submitted a biography, it becomes part of the public database and you cannot remove or withdraw it. Lets post all the pictures we can find here on this thread. Milt minter nationality american born november 24, 1933 hometown fresno, california died december 23, 2004 place of death sanger, california racing highlights. Accidents count as a driver mistake,so the driver loses points when heshe has an accident,collision or spin. The imsa monterey grand prix is a sports car race held annually at weathertech raceway laguna seca by the international motor sports association imsa. Interscope racing motor sport magazine database our new database page will launch shortly. Jan, 2016 1965 shelby 427 competition cobra, csx3010. On the saturday practicequalifying day before the race, i had the front springs out 3 times between sessions tweaking the ride height.

See more ideas about sports cars, racing, race cars. Apr 01, 2010 thus the ferrari race department, under the direction of forghieri, prepared two of their new 365gt 4bb boxer models and contracted four hotshoes, mario andretti, jacky ickx, milt minter, and. In the grand prix of miami, a grand american rolex sports car series race on the road course at homesteadmiami speedway yesterday, milt finished 29th out of 42 cars, driving with gunnar jeannette in the gt class with a porsche gt3 rs. It began june 11, 1972, and ended october 29, 1972, after nine rounds. John morton born february 17, 1942 is one of the great american professional racing drivers. Profile for racing driver milt minter from united states. It is my hope that we will share our personal stories and more importantly personal photographs. Event sanctioned by the sports car club of america, promoted by the lime rock park, and conducted by the northern new jersey. Kerry morse milt minter an american driving legend donkey bop m ilt minter was a great race car driver. Milt minter s american racing associates camaro fended off. He could drive the wheels off of anything he drove. Milt minter gave a lot of joy to the sport of motor racing. Peter gregg was an american sports car legend who won the imsa gt championship on six. Full details of racing driver milt minter s record.

A champion in two countries shelby 427 competition. He was notable for having only one functional eye, a disability that would have disqualified him from competing in modern motorsports. Race, racing, usac, canam, canadianamerican challenge cup, grand prix, indy. The cars were developed from the successful 917 coupes, and won the canam and german interseries from 1972 to 1975. Profile for racing driver peter gregg from united states. Ken miles was married to mollie and had a son, peter miles.

Jan 25, 2012 big names have spiced up the 24 hours of daytona. The start of the 24 hours of daytona at daytona international speedway has the porsche 935 of danny ongais, ted field and milt minter no. A few months after kens death, peter went to work for kens friend dick troutman at the troutman and barnes custom car shop in culver city, ca. As well as the factory teams, there would be a two car camaro team with strong gm factory ties. It takes more than machines t he engineers made them possible, the mechanics keep them running, buts the drivers who get the glory.

Penske and sunocos z28, trans am camaro makes roadracing. Milt minter s racing helmet at the 1975 12 hours of sebring. Team profile for interscope racing, including a comprehensive list of race entries for interscope racing. Leslie retired from racing at the end of the 1970 season. While a good driver can make the best out of a bad race car, theres no doubt that a superior car can overcome a novice drivers lack of experience, too. I regret to inform you of the passing of milt minter. No driver nationality car entrant laps timeretired group practice classified. March 28, 2001 the 1970 trans am season was a replay of the prior years manufacturer wars with one major exception, the shelby racing team pulled out of trans am racing totally. Milt minter brought pontiac its first win, at midohio. A big independence day victory for camaro at donnybrooke.

Milt, a professional race car driver for 50 years, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on thursday, december 23, 2004. It consisted of fia group 7 racing cars running twohour sprint events. Leilani maaja munter born february 18, 1974 is an american former professional stock car racing driver. Big names have spiced up the 24 hours of daytona get the. Fsb endurance racing wins at the 12hours of sebring. Races, wins, podiums, pole positions, fastest laps. Phil hill was an american racing driver who won the 1961 formula one championship and scored three overall victories at 24 hours of le mans. Matt moritz, the newest member of the fsb endurance racing team, qualified the car 8th, and milt minter, jr. Just love this league and the ability to show up and escape reality for a few hours. Karl ludvigsen writes in his book chaparral, canam racing cars from texas that milt minter was another chaparral camaro driver. Mar 11, 2015 take a stroll back in time and take a look at the mustang in the scca transam series from 19661972 where george follmer and parnelli jones dominated. Mans 1980 world championship for makes, round 7 fia world challenge for endurance drivers, round 7. An autographed photo given by the great formula 1 driver juan fangio to harold cole of new smyrna beach, fl when fangio made a visit to the daytona speedway in 1979. The event began in 1950 as a race on the roads of pebble beach, california.

Fsbgtp milt minter jr and teamate doug tevik battle it out. Roger penske eventually sold that car to roy woods, who had driver milt minter drive the car to a victory in 1970 at the donnybrooke race. Oct 28, 2011 after the finish of the 1969 season, the camaro was sent over to jim hall of chaparral, who used the z28 as a template for the design of the camaro that would be raced during the 1970 trans am series. Race results of usrrc laguna seca 1968 settings login rsc home races usrrc laguna seca 1968 race results event. Porsche legend milt minter passes away sports car and porsche racing legend milt minter passed away at his sanger, california home on december 23, after a courageous battle with cancer. Le mans my dream car dream cars volkswagen vw scirocco vintage race car trans am transportation design car. Additionally, roy woods would run a pair of older 69 camaros, for drivers milt minter and woods himself. The first seven rounds used split classes, while the last four classes had the under 2500cc class only. Sports car and porsche racing legend milt minter passed away at his sanger, california home on december 23, after a courageous battle with cancer. Copyright 20012019 historic trans am all rights reserved. Trophy from the porsche factory, for the most aggressive porsche driver.

Raised in central californias rural san joaquin valley, minter served as a navy radio operator during the mid1950s, before returning to his parents fresnoarea ranch. Milton nelson minter died after long fight with cancer on the 23rd december 2004 in sanger, california. He had an immense fire and passion for racing, and was as. Milt minter adams escort canam chevrolet herb adams racing can. Sports car and porsche racing legend milt minter passed away at his. Milt, a professional race car driver for 50 years, passed away peacefully at his home.

Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Porsche legend milt minter passes away vintage road. Results of the schaefer transam race for the scca transamerican championship held at lime rock park, lime rock, ct, may 6, 1972. Sign and view the guest book, leave condolences or send flowers. Usrrc laguna seca 1968 race results racing sports cars. He narrowly beat milt minter in the 1974 standings and again won the daytona 24 hours at. You need to be logged in to upload your milt minter s bio. Its always my dream to race and this league has given me the opportunityfor dollars a month. Sadly, not for me, but for milt s wife, family if any, i dont know and friends, i now will never get a chance to speak with the man.

The dodge challenger team had an identical car to the barracuda, except the engine was built by keith black and the driver was sam posey, who won his first trans am race in a shelby boss 302 at lime rock. The final factory team would be the tg racing pontiac firebird of jerry titus. Milt, a professional race car driver for 50 years, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on thursday. Porsche awarded him the pedro rodriguez award in 1973 as the most aggressive driver of the season. Peter gregg was an american sports car legend who won the imsa gt championship on six occasions during the 1970s. Look into the eyes driver retrospective photo gallery. Photo retrospective by dennis gray featuring images of race car drivers as they prepare to battle on the track, including niki lauda, rick mears and more. Jacky ickx, milt minter, and eppie wietzes to pilot them. He went on to race jalopies in south carolina before he dropped out of clemson university to attend carroll shelbys racing school at riverside. Races took place in northern and southern california on airports, in parking lots, and over a handful of road courses. Trans am racing had become the top race in the country. Vintage racing style legendary drivers crushing it on. Gregg usually partnered with hurley haywood in a variety of 911based race cars including some that challenged the rules.

His love of racing began at a race his father took him to at road america in 1957, the even turned john morton into an avid racing fan. Love the crazy printed shirts, especially the incredible equestrian horsebit motif on the left very vintage hermes chic. Famous race car driven by the whittington brothers, preston henn, marty hinze, randy lanier and milt minter. Memories of the 72 scca transam series firebird by harry. Milt minter an american driving legend donkey bop milt minter was a great race car driver. If the championship is more important, the driver gets more points 3.

When ken died while testing a prototype car in 1966, peter, who witnessed his fathers death, was almost 15. Road race car race cars derek warwick automobile le mans 24 gt cars jaguar xk car and driver vintage racing throughout the early stages of the jaguar xke, the lorry was supposedly planned to be marketed as a grand tourer. The page will be linked right from the driver list on. He had an immense fire and passion for racing, and was as competitive as they come. A memorial will be set sometime after the new year. First off, its important to realize that biographies submitted to racing years are public documents, created by users who wish to participate. Classic drivers, driving hats, helmets and scarves. When laguna seca raceway was built in 1957, the races moved there. Sports car racing photo gallery of milt minter usas cars photo gallery. Milt lost his long battle with cancer yesterday about 3. Aug 10, 2011 legendary porsche 911 racing teams special report. I pulled this off the vara vintage auto racing association messgae board. The 1972 transamerican championship was the seventh running of the sports car club of americas transam series.