Leif Jacobsen carries on the wonderful tradition of driving a 1934 MG NA that his grandfather drove in California races in the 1950s.
Leif's late father also took some photos from that time at the Santa Barbara Airport races which he has kindly shared.
This is a poor copy of a photo I took of Leif's information board.
(KJH photo.)
Sept. 1955. Santa Barbara Airport at Goleta, California.
Lars Jacobsen waiting to go out in his 1936 MG NA. In the background Phil Hill and Richie Ginther can be seen at the left front wheel of a Ferrari Monza.
Michael Jacobsen photos.
An early racer for Ken Miles was this MG Special R1
The start of a race in 1956 has Ken Miles on the left in Porsche 550 # 5, Richie Ginther in # 211 and Jean Pierre Kunstle in # 118.
Some of the great cars of that era at Santa Barbara.
Bill Stroppe's Kurtis 500 with a Mercury "flattie" engine.
A LeMans Replica Frazer Nash beside a Maserati A6GCS. (The hangar in the background is still there today.)
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