Siffert Pics

Siffert, Stewart? and ? With a green 911 coupe in the background

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Eric, not sure about Stewart and the other...
Stewart and the team usually had all things with the L&M tobacco logo on them... Could be though

As to when the photo was shot... It has to be '71, there was no STP 917-10 before, and unfortunately there was no Siffert after that Oct.

As to where the photo was shot...

Siffert and the 917 only competed in 6 out of the 10 CanAm's in '71 (and still came in 4th in the points)

Armed with my friend Pete Lyons definitive reference CAN-AM, he supplied us with one photo with the same racer's tape pattern as we see in your photo.......... Road America, Elkhart Lake Wis. 8/29/71, he came in 2nd to Revson in the M8F.... I'm assuming that even a shoestring team as theirs was, they probably repaired the fender before the next race at Donnybrooke...

BTW - By coincidence I was at that Elkhart race on the way back from a cross country trip .... ;)

Photo by Pete Lyons

great detective work Chuck

I could be Jackie Stewart - he was there in a Lola T260 for Carl Haas Racing. car #1 but DNF due to overheating

Chuck,

Thanks for filling in the back story.

I found a version of the picture with a caption that identifies the group as

Jo Siffert, Edi Wyss, and Hugo Schibler

https://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/jo-siff...i-usa/47042300

Here are a few more photos from the period in the book about Edi Wyss The Swiss Wiz

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and Hugo Shibler

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Eric,

I met Hugo Shibler about 20 years ago up at Kevin Buckler's Racer's Group when the shop was still at Sears Point Raceway...

I wrote about it here:
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...he-Racing-Pics

Post #6

https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...cing-with-dad-!

Post #8

I asked Kevin about Hugo about 10 years ago. He said he had lost contact with him...

I truly hope Mr Shibler is still with us...

Cheers,
cm

Chuck,

What a great connection you have to the photo of Siffert, Wyss, and Schibler.

There is a Hugo Schibler in Panama City, Panama according to Facebook. I’m not sure if it is the same person, but it is possible.

-Eric

not sure this has been seen here before
the picture is still sharp and good colour
'71 Austrian GP - the winner !

cheers
Dennis

. . . 51 years ago, today


"There, where there is a risk, there is a death. There, where there is no risk, there is not a life."
Father Duruz

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I was watching the race live on BBC tv and then it just happened. So sad RIP after 51:years

. . . 'do I really have to?'

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. . . looks familiar? . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...l=1#post967459




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