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Chrysler Wine Country Classic
Group 3

May 23, 1999

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group 3: 1955-1962 gt racing cars
this was the most exciting of the day's races, as there was real competition, and the drivers were much more aggressive and less careful. the highlight of the race was the incredible battle for 3-5 place between three porsches #76, #86, and #356. the field was in fact filled with porsche 356's in various configurations but these three provided 6 laps of excellent action.
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turn 6, lap 2

porsche battle on lap 5 as seen at turn 2

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1959 mga (1622cc, tom morgan)

1957 corvette (1865cc, rich mason)

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another 1957 corvette (4784cc, bob paterson)

the incredible 1962 ferrari gto (2994cc, tom price)

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1959 porsche abarth (1988cc, dean watts)

1958 alfa-romeo giulietta sv (1300cc, terry larson)

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yet another 1957 corvette (4640cc, mick swezey)
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a very cool looking 1963 abarth simca (1438cc, richard gale)
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1964 morgan +4 (2187cc, greg solow)

1957 porsche 356a (1600cc, paul christensen)

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1961 porsche 356 s90 (1620cc, steve schmidt)

1963 porsche 356b (1600cc, steve torp)

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a 1957 356a about to be over taken by a 1963 356b

1962 mga (1622cc, ferd schoch)

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race leader for several laps, a 1959 corvette (4788cc, orwin middleton)
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photographs ©1999 J.Cisek