Yes, thank you Steve! Excellent find. And thank you Buck for the added
information. Now if we could just find some footage on the drag Tigers!
Matthew
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Don Sesslar's Tiger at the SCCA Runoffs - YouTube
I had given up hope of ever seeing videos of either of the those factory
supported Tigers, much less both of them in the same race. Steve, great job
finding this for us!
What's confusing about this video is that the last minute of it shows the
first minute of the race. The next part of the race is seen in the first
part of the Video.
The run group is combined Ap and Bp. It looks like a standing start and Jim
Adams, driving the HSC Tiger, passes the camera (located about 300 yards
down the track) in 5th, mainly trailing Ap race cars. Don Sesslar, who had
to start dead last in the Sports Car Forum Tiger due to not running during
qualifying (caused by a "misunderstanding" between Rootes and Doanne),
passes the camera just as he was moving up 3 or 4 places. Then in the next
shot, about 13 cars pass before Don's Tiger pulls off the track and onto the
grass.
This was the race where the two quickest Tigers were "punted" out in the
first lap. There's a story I've heard from 3 completely different parties
that Chevy gave/rewarded the driver of the Stingray that nailed the
Hollywood Sports Car Tiger a new Vette as well as a new pick-up truck in
time for the next race season.
Before seeing this video, I had no idea about how extensively both Tigers
were damaged. At about 1:30 into the video there's a shot of Don's Tiger on
the grass. It took a big hit on the right front. At about 5:40, what appears
to be the HSC Tiger, passes the camera. It looks like there's so little left
of the HSC passenger door after the "accident" that you can see Jim Adams
lap as he drives past the camera.
Buck Trippel
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