1955 Historical Photos
SCCA Seafair Trophy Race
Bremerton Airport Racetrack – Bremerton, WA

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• BREMERTON RACETRACK

  1955 SCCA National – Seafair Cup, Bremerton, July 31.
  Biggest race yet in the Northwest saw Carroll Shelby, Phil Hill and Ken Miles – all in Ferraris – heading up the feature.  For more photos and full race story see Long Straights and Hairpin Turns.
  

  
• Carroll Shelby tunes his Ferrari engine shortly before the start of the Seafair Cup final.

  
• Ben Brown, Abarth-20th OA U-1500cc mod

  
• Pete Bunn, Guiar-11th OAS U-1500cc mod

  
• Marion Lowe, Fraser-Nash -8th O-1500 feature

  
• Terry Hall, Porsche Speedster -1st U-5000cc prod
  

  
• Pete Lovely, Pooper - 1st U-1500cc

  
• John Von Neuman, Porsche 550 – 2nd under-1500cc mod

  
• Ray Hansen, Hansen Spcl – DNF Seafair Trophy, but competitive with leading Ferraris
  

  
• Riddle Gregory, VW – 3rd VW, U-1500cc
  

  
• John Porter, Porsche 550 3rd U-1500cc
  

  
• Phil Hill beat Carroll Shelby in the “shakedown” all classes race.
  

  
• One of few Maseratis that raced in the area, This one is in the hands of RG Gillespie, 12th OA in the feature

  
• Ken Miles, Ferrari 265.  3rd Seafair Cup feature