American Road Race of Champions - Riverside November 1964.

A photo with a story - image from Sports Car Graphic.

Name: AH 3000 #117 Race of Champions at Riverside in Nov. 1964. SCG photo .jpg Views: 4242 Size: 135.7 KB

Notes from Rick Neville an Austin Healey archivist in the USA
" NY Times 11/16/64 RIVERSIDE, Calif., Nov. 15 (AP)—Jim Ladd Jr. of Lebanon, Pa., driving what he had said would be his last race, was killed today in the last event of the American Road Race of Champions program.
The 29‐year‐old Ladd's Austin‐Healey 3,000 spun out on a turn, was hit by another car and rolled over and over into the infield. Ladd was crushed against the steering wheel.
His death came at the end of two days of sportscar racing in which Western drivers scored 11 of 17 victories. Many of the Western drivers were familiar with the 2.6‐mile, nine‐turn Riverside Raceway course.
Bart Martin of Hayward, Calif., in a Cooper‐Chevy, scored a one‐second victory in the C and D modified event, and Ed Leslie of Carmel, Calif., in a Ford Cobra, won the A and B production model race.
Ladd was just behind the leaders in the D production race —for street‐type sports cars—when he lost control approaching the first turn of the fifth lap. His wife, Sue, was in the pit at the time. Ladd was the father of two boys, 4 and 1.
“He had dinner last night with an official of the Sports Car Club of America,” said a track official, “and said that he intended to quit after this last race.” "

Sad story, but a great photo.

Have also come across some photos from Sebring 1964 to share from Austin Healey Historic Pictures - Karsten Stelk archives