[Tigers] Tiger race car #50

[michael king]

Yes,

Ken raced the red #50 Tiger. He was also backed by Rootes to race an alpine
before that in SCCA, He raced a couple of series 2's and also a factory
backed black S3 #50 IIRC, not many racing S3 let alone factory supported.



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On 27 October 2017 at 04:04, Peter and Bonnie MacDonald via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I guess this info(see attached pic) should explain the pictures of the
> Tiger racing under #50. According to printed overlay on photo(which did not
> transfer with photo): “ Ken Miles driving a Shelby Cobra at Riverside in
> April 1964. From the time he started racing in Southern California, his
> permanent number was 50. Soon, however, he was racing under number 98,
> which was Carroll Shelby’s permanent number. The fact that Ken was usually
> entered by Shelby using his own number indicates the affection and
> confidence Shelby had for Ken.”
>
> Photo by Harold Treicher
>
> From Vintage Racecar
>
> Peter MacDonald
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Regards

Michael King
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