Comments for VeloceToday.com https://velocetoday.com The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:50:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Comment on Road America, Circa 1957 by pete https://velocetoday.com/road-america-circa-1957/comment-page-1/#comment-96990 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:50:02 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173472#comment-96990 In reply to Andreas Dziedzic.

Andreas,

Right again! We corrected the Lunken caption to reflect 0658. Thank you! BTW to add to the confusion, Lunken drove 0612 at RA in 1956 with number 6.

Pete

]]> Comment on Road America, Circa 1957 by Andreas Dziedzic https://velocetoday.com/road-america-circa-1957/comment-page-1/#comment-96989 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:04:46 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173472#comment-96989 Thanks again. Great shots and information.
In 1957 Ebby Lunken #6 finished second overall and 1st in E Modified in race 2 for sports EM-GM in his 500 TRC s/n 0658 MDTR, while James R. Johnston #15 didn’t finish in race 4, a 38-lapper for Production A+B and Sports BM-DM with the ex-Lunken 500 TR s/n 0612 MDTR fitted with 2.5 litre 625 LM engine.

]]> Comment on Jim Jeffords Biography Reviewed by Willem Oosthoek https://velocetoday.com/jim-jeffords-biography-reviewed/comment-page-1/#comment-96988 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:40:10 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173474#comment-96988 Some additional details from my interview with Jim Jeffords, explaining the reason he quit racing:
” After Nassau in December 1960, I came home as I had my birthday on December 6. At that point I was 34 years old. My advertising business was growing and my time for racing was becoming less and less available. I was contemplating retiring from racing, and it put a lot of pressure on me. In the end the decision was made for me.
After a dinner party in Chicago, I became violently ill. I was rushed to the hospital in Milwaukee and was out of commission for nine months. At times I came close to dying during that period. I underwent some 600 tests to find out what I was allergic to, but they never found out what the problem was. I was put on cortisone, just like President Kennedy at the time, and gained much weight. Eventually I lost it again by getting myself slowly off the medicine. But I never raced again. I had the rides and I think I had the ability, but I decided this is it.
In 1968 I managed the Trans Am Javelins for American Motors. After that I built up my various car dealerships. I had Porsche, Audi, BMW and Saab, as well as Mazda and VW. I also had the neo classics like Excalibur, plus a booming business in RVs.”

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