[TR] Walter Conkite

[Michael Marr]

This, of course, prompted a google search.  I couldn't find any reference to 
his racing a TR3, but I did discover that he raced a Volvo PV544, a Lotus 11 
and drove a Lancia Appia Zagato in the 12 hrs of Sebring in 1959.  The only 
TR3 reference I found was an occasion when a publicity photo was taken of 
him in a TR3 receiving a ticket from a "bobby" (who was actually a Triumph 
executive in costume).  Apparently his wife asked him to find a more 
family-oriented hobby, which caused him to take up sailing.  What an 
accomplished guy!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pethier at comcast.net>
To: "P Caffrey" <pcaffrey at ymail.com>
Cc: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Walter Conkite


> ----- "P Caffrey" <pcaffrey at ymail.com> wrote:
>
>> I hope we all live as long with the tenacity he appeared to have and
>> the enjoyment of life that he appeared to have....I've read about his
>> interest in sailing, but what is the Triumph story with him. Did he
>> actually race them?
>
> Yes.  He raced a TR3 back in the early days of SCCA
>
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