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The Mod Squad, Part 2

Carl Goodwin
Jim Eichenlaub takes the checkered flag for a win at El Paso, Texas in the #28 OSCA 750. Photo: S.H. Beecher III, Collection of Jim Eichenlaub

American sports car racing in the 1950s is perhaps best known for the titanic battles between Italian-built Ferraris and Maseratis and the home-grown specials like the Scarabs and the Ol Yellers. However, down at the opposite end of the spectrum—the H-Mod category for sports racers with less than 750-cc of displacement—also featured fantastic racing with an exotic mixture of Italian and American-built machinery.

In our first installment, we examined the American H-Mod racing history of such small-scale Italian manufacturers as Siata, Stanguellini, Giaur and Moretti. In this, the final installment, we explore the H-Mod contributions of Bandini, OSCA, Nardi and Abarth.

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