[Fot] Phil Hill

[Kurt Oblinger]

A few years ago I started working up a magazine article for British Car 
on well known drivers who raced Triumphs early on in their careers. Dan 
Gurney's first road race was at Torrey Pines in 1955 in a TR2. Jim Clark 
rallied a TR2 early on and later drove a TR3 in some club races. Vic 
Elford rallied a Vitesse before becoming an endurance ace.

Kurt O.

Bill Babcock wrote:
> My memory of the conversation I had with him is not fresh (neither is 
> my memory of what I had for dinner tonight), but as I recall he said 
> he had a TR2 or 3, perhaps as a street car? That might explain why he 
> took the ride.
> He expressed great fondness for them. In the conversations I had with 
> him (fewer and shorter than I would have liked) he always impressed me 
> as a guy who wouldn't exaggerate even to be nice. Well mannered but 
> straightforward.
>
On Aug 28, 2008, at 9:10 PM, Kurt Oblinger wrote:
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>> Found it;
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>> 11-28-54
>> Torrey Pines Road Races, Torrey Pines, Ca
>> Race 3 - Phil Hill - Triumph TR2 - Entrant Dorothy Deen - 10th overall -
>> 1st in class
>>
>> I always meant to ask Phil about this race. By this time he had been
>> driving the big cars in the top classes for some time. I always wondered
>> why he took this drive.
>>
>> Kurt Oblinger
>>
>>
>> Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>>> Did the late, great Phil Hill ever drive a Triumph?
>>>
>>> mjb.
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