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James Garner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Jan. 29, the automotive and Hollywood worlds collided when over 500 guests arrived at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, to pay tribute to actor James Garner and his American International Racing team (AIR). Among the many personalities present were AIR team members James Garner, Davey Jordan, Scooter Patrick, Dick Guldstrand and Lothar Motschenbacher as well as racing legends Parnelli Jones, Carroll Shelby and Bob Bondurant. Guests were treated to dinner, followed by a showing of the movie \u201cThe Racing Scene\u201d featuring Garner and AIR\u2019s off-road, endurance and F5000 racing exploits in 1969 and 1970.<\/p>\n

According to museum foundation co-chairman, Bruce Meyer, the impetus for the evenings gala was the \u201cRockford\u2019s Racers\u201d article published in the Aug. 2002 issue of Vintage Racecar Journal. \u201cI got so excited by that article, I felt that we had to do something to honor Jim and his team\u2019s racing achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Left to Right) \u00d2Racing Scene\u00d3 director, Andy Sidaris; writer, William Edgar; AIR team drivers, Scooter Patrick, Davey Jordan and Lothar Motschenbacher.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Jan. 29, the automotive and Hollywood worlds collided when over 500 guests arrived at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, to pay tribute to actor James Garner and his American International Racing team (AIR). Among the many personalities present were AIR team members James Garner, Davey Jordan, Scooter Patrick, Dick Guldstrand and Lothar Motschenbacher as well as racing legends Parnelli Jones, Carroll Shelby and Bob Bondurant. 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