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Mystery Solved – Partly

Pete Lyons
Owner/Driver/Builder Bill Leonhardt prepares his ASR-Chevy 427 prior to practice for the 1967 Can-Am event at Road America. Though the car didnÕt qualify at Road America, it did race in the USRRC event at Laguna Seca in 1968. Photo: Tor Caraway

We have a winner! Just as we hoped, a VRJ reader has recognized one of the “Mystery Cars” shown in the February 2002 issue (page 10), and identified its driver.

It’s the handsome sports racer bearing no. 47 and a large overhead wing, which I photographed in the pit lane at the 1967 Road America Can-Am. Obviously, it caught my attention, but I neglected to find out anything about it at the time, and afterward was too late. I never saw the car again, and since it didn’t run the race, it’s not mentioned in any official records I’ve located.

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