The Hill Family and L.A.\u2019s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill\u2019s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari at the museum last November with a tribute to America\u2019s first F1 titlist during which various contemporaries shared memories of and stories about him.<\/p>\n
The evening was highlighted by a discussion\u2014moderated by Hill\u2019s long-time collaborator, John Lamm\u2014among Jesse Alexander, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Parnelli Jones and Denise McCluggage, as well as Phil\u2019s wife, Alma, and son, Derek, but also featured an excellent short film produced by Derek Hill and Alex King capturing highlights from Phil\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
Also on display were a variety of cars that played prominent roles in Phil\u2019s life, including his pair of early-century Packards and his 1931 Pierce Arrow, as well as a handful of significant Ferraris\u2014among them the 250 TR\u2008above\u2014and the Chaparral 2E with which he won the 1966 Laguna Seca Can-Am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Hill Family and L.A.\u2019s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill\u2019s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari at the museum last November with a tribute to America\u2019s first F1 titlist during which various contemporaries shared memories of and stories about him. The evening was highlighted by a discussion\u2014moderated by Hill\u2019s long-time collaborator, John Lamm\u2014among Jesse Alexander, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Parnelli Jones and Denise McCluggage, as well as Phil\u2019s wife, Alma, and son, Derek, but also featured […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":546293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11441,255],"tags":[603,17152,12042,894,11470,6920,11471],"class_list":["post-492192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-museum","category-news","tag-anniversary","tag-car-culture","tag-2e","tag-museum","tag-phil-hill","tag-laguna-seca","tag-can-am"],"yoast_head":"\n