{"id":491215,"date":"2010-03-01T13:30:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T13:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=41855"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:25:49","slug":"the-golden-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Age of Racing &#8211; The Fifties &#038; Sixties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The title of my column reads: \u201cThe Fabulous Fifties.\u201d The era is one I know something about. During that time, I raced, rallied, officiated, and was an SCCA Regional Board member. In addition, I shot photos, wrote articles, and had a wide friendship that included some of you. Also, I was involved, business-wise, with Bill Devin and his cars as well as the magazine, Sports Car Journal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although I quit all of that and changed careers after 1959, I have loads of friends who kept on into the sixties; some of whom enjoyed great success. Need I mention Phil Hill, our first American World Champion? The list goes on: Mario Andretti, Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Parnelli Jones, Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby, and Bobby Unser to name a few.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title of my column reads: \u201cThe Fabulous Fifties.\u201d The era is one I know something about. During that time, I raced, rallied, officiated, and was an SCCA Regional Board member. In addition, I shot photos, wrote articles, and had a wide friendship that included some of you. Also, I was involved, business-wise, with Bill Devin and his cars as well as the magazine, Sports Car Journal. Although I quit all of that and changed careers after 1959, I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":586823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[12308,679,11807,11982,18323,17152,17140,452,11359,11617,11382,11858,11502,11773,11308,11902,89,18837,12028,11471,1307,17143,17218],"class_list":["post-491215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-fia-federation-internationale-de-lautomobile","tag-imsa","tag-scca","tag-usrrc","tag-2010s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-mille-miglia","tag-bobby-unser","tag-carroll-shelby","tag-dan-gurney","tag-jack-brabham","tag-jim-hall","tag-ken-miles","tag-mario-andretti","tag-parnelli-jones","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-911","tag-usac","tag-can-am","tag-shelby","tag-special-feature","tag-vrr-column-the-golden-age"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Golden Age of Racing - The Fifties &amp; Sixties<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Art Evans tells why racing in the fifties and sixties is now remembered as one of the sport\u2019s greatest eras.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Golden Age of Racing - The Fifties &amp; Sixties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Art Evans tells why racing in the fifties and sixties is now remembered as one of the sport\u2019s greatest eras.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-03-01T13:30:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:25:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"778\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Art Evans\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Art Evans\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Art Evans\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8cc1bdfceb5198fc557ef54c1dfcd1b1\"},\"headline\":\"The Golden Age of Racing &#8211; The Fifties &#038; Sixties\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-01T13:30:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:25:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":925,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"(FIA) Federation Internationale de l\u2019Automobile\",\"(IMSA) International Motor Sports Association\",\"(SCCA) Sports Car Club of America\",\"(USRRC) United States Road Rally Challenge\",\"2010s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Mille Miglia\",\"People (Bobby Unser)\",\"People (Carroll Shelby)\",\"People (Dan Gurney)\",\"People (Jack Brabham)\",\"People (Jim Hall)\",\"People (Ken Miles)\",\"People (Mario Andretti)\",\"People (Parnelli Jones)\",\"Porsche\",\"Porsche 911\",\"Race (USAC Road Racing Championship)\",\"Series (Can-Am)\",\"Shelby\",\"Special Feature\",\"VRR Column (The Golden Age)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; Racing\",\"Special Feature\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Golden Age of Racing - The Fifties & Sixties\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-01T13:30:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:25:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8cc1bdfceb5198fc557ef54c1dfcd1b1\"},\"description\":\"Art Evans tells why racing in the fifties and sixties is now remembered as one of the sport\u2019s greatest eras.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-golden-age\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":778,\"caption\":\"During the sixties, when our race cars were derived directly from our road cars, Carroll Shelby\u00d5s Cobras dominated racing around the world. Here Ken Miles (Cobra #98) leads, with Ed Leslie (Cobra #96) following, away from the start of the May 1965 USRRC race at Laguna Seca. Photo: David Friedman\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8cc1bdfceb5198fc557ef54c1dfcd1b1\",\"name\":\"Art Evans\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/evans-293x293.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/evans-293x293.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/evans-293x293.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Art Evans\"},\"description\":\"Art Evans has a varied and extensive background. During the fifties, he and his partner, OCee Ritch, had a public relations and advertising company that represented the MG Mitten Company, Devin Enterprises and Gough Industries among other car-related organizations. The author of ten books about photography plus others on different subjects, Evans has written numerous articles for photography and automotive magazines as well as professional journals. In addition, he has written eleven books about motor racing. In retirement, Evans pursues pastimes including writing about the fabulous fifties and serving as secretary and newsletter editor of The Fabulous Fifties Association.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/art-evans\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Golden Age of Racing - The Fifties & Sixties","description":"Art Evans tells why racing in the fifties and sixties is now remembered as one of the sport\u2019s greatest eras.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/","next":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Golden Age of Racing - The Fifties & Sixties","og_description":"Art Evans tells why racing in the fifties and sixties is now remembered as one of the sport\u2019s greatest eras.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2010-03-01T13:30:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-27T01:25:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":778,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Art Evans","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Art Evans","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/"},"author":{"name":"Art Evans","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8cc1bdfceb5198fc557ef54c1dfcd1b1"},"headline":"The Golden Age of Racing &#8211; The Fifties &#038; Sixties","datePublished":"2010-03-01T13:30:52+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-27T01:25:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/"},"wordCount":925,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg","keywords":["(FIA) Federation Internationale de l\u2019Automobile","(IMSA) International Motor Sports Association","(SCCA) Sports Car Club of America","(USRRC) United States Road Rally Challenge","2010s All","Car Culture","Members Only","Mille Miglia","People (Bobby Unser)","People (Carroll Shelby)","People (Dan Gurney)","People (Jack Brabham)","People (Jim Hall)","People (Ken Miles)","People (Mario Andretti)","People (Parnelli Jones)","Porsche","Porsche 911","Race (USAC Road Racing Championship)","Series (Can-Am)","Shelby","Special Feature","VRR Column (The Golden Age)"],"articleSection":["Car Culture","Members Only","Motorsport &amp; Racing","Special Feature"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/","name":"The Golden Age of Racing - The Fifties & Sixties","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg","datePublished":"2010-03-01T13:30:52+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-27T01:25:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8cc1bdfceb5198fc557ef54c1dfcd1b1"},"description":"Art Evans tells why racing in the fifties and sixties is now remembered as one of the sport\u2019s greatest eras.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-golden-age\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Fab50-201003-p1.jpg","width":1080,"height":778,"caption":"During the sixties, when our race cars were derived directly from our road cars, Carroll Shelby\u00d5s Cobras dominated racing around the world. Here Ken Miles (Cobra #98) leads, with Ed Leslie (Cobra #96) following, away from the start of the May 1965 USRRC race at Laguna Seca. Photo: David Friedman"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8cc1bdfceb5198fc557ef54c1dfcd1b1","name":"Art Evans","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/evans-293x293.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/evans-293x293.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/evans-293x293.jpg","caption":"Art Evans"},"description":"Art Evans has a varied and extensive background. During the fifties, he and his partner, OCee Ritch, had a public relations and advertising company that represented the MG Mitten Company, Devin Enterprises and Gough Industries among other car-related organizations. The author of ten books about photography plus others on different subjects, Evans has written numerous articles for photography and automotive magazines as well as professional journals. In addition, he has written eleven books about motor racing. In retirement, Evans pursues pastimes including writing about the fabulous fifties and serving as secretary and newsletter editor of The Fabulous Fifties Association.","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/art-evans\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}