Dodging Hay Bales – Vintage Race Photos

Growing up, I spent hours rummaging through boxes of vintage rally photos in my uncle’s garage. One particular photo that’s stayed with me, was of a scrawny, sunburned bloke muscling a 1960′s Escort through a hard right. Half his body hanging out the window, pine trees whipping past, he had a half smoked dart hanging limply off his bottom lip. No helmet. No intercom. Not a roll cage in site.

In the box were a number of pictures from the same event. In many of them you could make out the same rally car. In every picture, without fail, this guy either had a smoke out the side of his mouth, or a grin from ear to ear.

Many of these excellent photos can be found at www.tamsoldracecarsite.net or through the Time Life Photo Archive

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