Sebring, leading up to Friday. March 25th. Jim Hall poses next to his DKW-powered Elva FJ. His body man Foy Barrett is on the left, and the fuel man is Chester “Chet” Hines. Chet was Hap Sharp’s aircraft mechanic, often drafted to serve as part-time race mechanic.

Here two of the three Cunningham entries are being fueled with AMOCO. The silver car is Walt Hansgen’s Cooper FJ, the blue one Eddie Crawford’s Stanguellini FJ. Walt wears the baseball cap; Eddie is seen between the two cars.

Harry Carter in the process of changing the spark plugs of his Stanguellini.

Ed Hugus brought a De Tomaso ISIS and gets advice from the constructor himself.

For those of you who did not believe it was actually Alessandro de Tomaso with Ed Hugus, a clearer view.

Jim Hall’s younger brother Chuck had just turned 21 and brought his own Elva/DKW as part of the Hall team.

It seemed Chuck Hall’s Elva needed a lot of prepping, although the rookie driver kept his hands clean.

Seen before the start of the race, Briggs Cunningham with his two drivers, Walt Hansgen and Eddie Crawford. Briggs would start the race with a second Stanguellini.

Driving up to the grid, Jim Hall checks his goggles while Foy Barrett seems to investigate the front wheel.

Chief Starter Jesse Coleman has waved them off. Fastest qualifier Walt Hansgen [#19 Cooper/BMC] is slow getting away and Jim Hall briefly takes the lead [#8 Elva/DKW] from him, followed by Eddie Crawford [#21 Stanguellini], Chuck Dietrich [#6 Elva/DKW] and Jay Chamberlain [#14 Lotus 18/Ford].

A rear view of the start, with Newton Davis in his #27 Stanguellini.

The first pass-through after 2.2 miles. Hansgen has taken the lead from Hall and is already out of camera range. Hall is being pursued by Crawford and Chamberlain.

Hansgen’s Cooper easily led the pack until lap 27 of 30, when its 998 cc BMC engine blew. At that moment his lead over Hall was 11 seconds. Now Hall ran first, closely followed by Crawford. With two laps to go the Stanguellini passed the Elva/DKW and Crawford became the new leader. But in another set-back to the Cunningham team, Crawford’s car blew a tire on its final lap, allowing Hall to claim victory. Crawford managed to salvage second overall.

The winner after receiving the checkered flag, with Hap Sharp’s wife Suzie, promotor Alec Ulmann, race official [and former Indy race driver] Duane Carter and mechanic Bill Wriston.

The winning car, Jim Hall’s two-stroke DKW-engined Elva, with Duane Carter and Alec Ulmann in the background. It was the car’s third victory in a row, having already won two races at Mansfield, Louisiana, in March 1960, in the hands of Hall and Hap Sharp.

More congratulations from an ARCF official.

The winning team, including the guys who did the dirty work: Hap Sharp’s aircraft mechanic Chester “Chet” Hines and Ronnie Hissom’s chief mechanic Bill Wriston.

Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.

Taking centre stage, and a crowd favourite, George Harrison’s McLaren F1 chassis 025.