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[teegeefla]

I am trying to find information and photos of Lew Bracker, a successful west coast racer in the mid 1950's driving a Porsche Speedster #113. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Lotus23]

teegeefla, a quick google gives a good bit of information about Lew.

Apparently he was good friends with James Dean.

[teegeefla]

I googled but was hoping to find out more about his racing; I did find some info on his speedster roadster on one site but as always it leaves you wanting to find out more. Thanks.

[rlnorton]

If you look through the old MotoRacing issues you'll see a lot of references to Lew.

I'm currently working on a database taken from the MotoRacing tabulated race results. Here's the data I have so far on Lew (I'm currently up to May 1958)

Sorry that the columns don't align here, but you get the idea.

Vol-Issue-Page Venue Date Car # Position

01-05-06 Palm Springs December 3, 1955 Porsche Su. 113 26
01-05-07 Palm Springs December 4, 1955 Porsche Su. 113 4
01-08-04 Torrey Pines January 15, 1955 Porsche S. Spd 113 10
01-11-10 Palm Springs February 26, 1956 Porsche 1600S 113 4
01-12-10 Santa Barbara March 17, 1956 Porsche 1600 113 23
01-12-11 Santa Barbara March 18, 1956 Porsche 1600 113 9
01-15-09 Pebble Beach April 22, 1956 Porsche Spdst. 130 DNF
01-17-07 Bakersfield May 19, 1956 Porsche S. Spd. 1600 113 7
01-17-08 Bakersfield May 20, 1956 Porsche S. Spd. 113 10
01-19-08 Pomona June 23, 1956 Porsche S. Spd. 113 6
01-19-09 Pomona June 24, 1956 Porsche S. Spd. 113 14
01-21-08 Montgomery Field July 21, 1956 Porsche 1600 113 17
01-21-09 Montgomery Field July 22, 1956 Porsche 1600 113 2
01-23-06 Paramount Ranch August 18, 1956 Porsche 1600 113 2
01-23-07 Paramount Ranch August 19, 1956 Porsche 1600 113 DNF
01-24-06 Santa Barbara September 2, 1956 Porsche Super 113 6
02-02-06 Pomona October 20, 1956 Porsche Su. Spdstr. 113 3
02-02-07 Pomona October 21, 1956 Porsche 113 DNF
02-04-06 Paramount Ranch November 18, 1956 Porsche Su. Spdstr. 113 5
02-07-10 Pomona January 19, 1957 Porsche 113 DNF
02-07-10 Pomona January 20, 1957 Porsche Spd. 113 3
02-13-02 Palm Springs April 6, 1957 Porsche 113 15
02-13-11 Palm Springs April 7, 1957 Porsche C 113 1
02-15-08 Hourglass Field May 4, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 2
02-15-08 Hourglass Field May 5, 1957 Porsche 113 3
02-16-06 Santa Barbara May 18, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 1
02-16-14 Santa Barbara May 19, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 8
02-21-04 Pomona July 27, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 3
02-23-04 Santa Barbara August 31, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 1
02-25-06 Riverside September 21, 1957 Porsche 113 1
02-25-07 Riverside September 22, 1957 Porsche 113 4
03-02-06 Pomona October 26, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 1
03-02-06 Pomona October 27, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 4
03-02-06 Pomona October 27, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 8
03-03-08 Palm Springs November 2, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 1
03-03-08 Palm Springs November 3, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 2
03-04-05 Riverside November 16, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 1
03-04-05 Riverside November 17, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 1
03-04-05 Riverside November 17, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 7
03-05-05 Paramount Ranch December 7, 1957 Porsche Carrera 113 2

[Graham Clayton]

Here is a photo of the #113 car, circa 1957 at Riverside:

http://www.gambleart...s/Bracker-D.jpg