{"id":7925,"date":"2015-04-01T00:18:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T07:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=7925"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:03:32","slug":"dr-lee-talbot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/dr-lee-talbot-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Lee Talbot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marty and Lee Talbot holding Explorers’ flag.<\/p>\n

Photo: Lee Talbot Family Collection<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To describe 81-year-old Lee Talbot as a race driver for more than 60 years would provide only the tip of the iceberg for this interesting man. Professor of Environmental Studies at George Mason University in Virginia would be a start, perhaps, but then, that\u2019s not enough either. How about an explorer of countries where you could get killed, for example, Kenya during the time of the Mau Mau uprising. He rallied there and raced in other parts of Africa on the Rootes Group factory team. In the 1960s, he raced for Team Lotus in Asia and later raced the Lotus Super Seven in the U.S. before going overseas again. In the 1970s, when he and his wife lived in Switzerland, he was a factory driver for Opel. In 1994 he entered his first vintage event, and subsequently focused on both SCCA and vintage events. The pinnacle of Lee\u2019s racing career was his selection as SVRA\u2019s Driver of the Year for 2010, a mere 62 years after he started racing in Southern California. The following year he was invited to join the Road Racing Drivers Club. We should also note that in 2009 Lee received the highest honor from The Explorers\u2019 Club, the Explorers\u2019 Medal, \u201cfor extraordinary contributions to exploration, to science and to human welfare.\u201d The citation went on to note he had organized and led more than 145 exploration and research expeditions to remote or unknown areas on five continents. Somehow he also found time to race or rally on many of those continents! VR contributing editor John Wright caught up to this peripatetic man and his equally active and charming wife Marty during a recent vintage weekend at Mosport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n