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Richard Galloway Watkins Glen 1969

Started by ThursdayCar , Nov 17 2015 19:22

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#1 ThursdayCar

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Posted 17 November 2015 - 19:22

I am pretty sure this ain't no McLaren M6B! :well:

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#2 Ray Bell

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Posted 17 November 2015 - 20:23

You're right...

It does look more like a Lola T70.

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#3 E1pix

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Posted 17 November 2015 - 20:59

Second that.

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#4 D28

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 01:03

http://www.motorspor...arting_Grid.jpg

Another shot of Galloway's 69 Can Am car at Road America, labeled McLaren M6B. The entry lists on various historic sites consistently list that model as his car for 1969.

Another shot here from Road America same car

http://www.motorspor...art-Lake-69.jpg

The whole story of Galloway's efforts at Road Atlanta can be read here:

http://www.motorspor...-wisconsin.html

I'm thinking the picture supplied by Can Motorsports Hall of Fame may be incorrect, but the car was a M6B.

Edited by D28, 18 November 2015 - 01:23.

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#5 ThursdayCar

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 05:46

Agree! Perhaps I can flag to the webmaster?

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#6 E1pix

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 06:21

The whole story of Galloway's efforts at Road Atlanta can be read here:
http://www.motorspor...-wisconsin.html

Holy moly, what a great story from the '69 Can-Am! (Road America). I was 9 and remember it as well as a nine-year-old kid already hooked on racing can, this story is top-shelf and so are the photos. The reproduction quality of the author's old slides is extraordinary and rare.

Fab-u-lous, Thanks so much for posting this!

PS -- We left Golden two years ago after 33 years near Lookout Mountain, knew Galloway was from there, but before our time in Denver... Don't know if he stayed there after racing. (?)

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#7 raceannouncer2003

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 06:30

Here is another link that appears to show Galloway in a Lola T70 at the 1969 Watkins Glen Can Am.

https://revslib.stan...log/mn426vr6052

He raced a T70 in 1968. I wonder if he still had it, and tried both at Watkins Glen.

Vince H.

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#8 Ray Bell

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 07:58

Certainly the same car as the first pic...

I wonder if he'd damaged the McLaren and ran his old car?

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#9 ThursdayCar

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Posted 28 November 2015 - 12:38

Hi guys,

Does anyone have any images of Richard Galloway in McLaren M6B Chassis #50-14 at Texas, 9 November 1969 - specifically of the rear of this car?

Tamsoldracecarsite.net has © below image but it's the only one I can find of this version of the car, with a straight-edged rear wing and the bottom of the rear bodywork chopped off: