Before the weight of manufacturer-backed teams, the 12 Hours of Sebring was basically one of a number of big-time club races held by the Sports Car Club of America. Thursday practice at the 1961 Sebring race brought out a practical joker, apparently conducting an encore of joining the actual race the year before. File this under “Gut-busting mid-century jokes that are Class 1 felonies today.”
[Source: SCCA Sports Car magazine, May 1961]
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