1956 Historical Photos
SCCA Nationals & Seafair Trophy Race
Bremerton Airport Racetrack – Bremerton, WA

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• BREMERTON AIRPORT RACETRACK
  

  1956’s big event was the August 12 SCCA Nationals and Seafair Trophy race at Bremerton Airport. Along with the rest of that year, it is covered extensively in Long Straights and Hairpins Turns, Martin Rudow’s book on the of PNW racing in the 1950s. All photos here are from that event.
  

  
• Paul O'Shea in the #33 Mercedes Gullwing and Dick Thompson (Corvette) waged a year-long battle across the country for supremacy in big bore production SCCA National Championship races. Here at Bremerton Thompson won with O'Shea 2nd.

  John Hudson photo

  Mercedes Gullwing

  Chevrolet Corvette

  
• In back of the front-row Ferraris of Masten Gregory and Carroll Shelby, Lew Florence (#56 Allard), Lou Brero (#108 Kurtis-Cadillac), Tom Fox (Jaguar Special) and others wait for the green flag.
  

  John Hudson Photo
  

  Lew Florence

  
• Tom Meehan watches as Ignacio Loranzo’s Lotus 9 sails by his Cooper F3 car.

  John Hudson Photo
  

  Formula Three

  Tom Meehan

  
• Definitely not a car for the timid, Lou Brero’s brutal Kurtis-Cadillac awaits its turn on the race track.
  

  Dick Hahn photo
  

  
• James Orr drove a long way from California to race his little Panhard, only to DNF.

  John Hudson Photo
  

  
• Bob Sayle’s scrapbook shows all too clearly what happened to Ed A’Court’s funky little Austin Special.
  

  John Hudson Photo
  

  Sayle Specials

  Bob Sayle

  Ed A'Court

  
• Tom Fox’s Jaguar Special was one of fabricator Andy Thompson’s creations. While the car looks somewhat lithe here, it was reportedly an ungainly beast to drive.
  

  Rudow Collection Photo
  

  
• Seafair Trophy winner Carroll Shelby is still in the cockpit of his Ferrari while he and owner John Edgar celebrate.

  Rudow Collection Photo