Siffert, Stewart? and ? With a green 911 coupe in the background
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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
Chuck Miller
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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
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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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Last edited by Eric Gratz; 09-25-2022 at 02:08 PM.
Eric,and Hugo Shibler
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 Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
R Gruppe #88
TYP901 #62
'73S cpe #1099 - Matched # 2.7/9.5 RS spec rebuild
'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter
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
1970 914-6 - materialised from the 'Lotto' garage into reality
1971 2.2 911 S - now back in the UK - sob!
1975 Carrera Targa (ROW) - missed.
One of us is fast becoming a valuable antique.
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. . . 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
https://www.shopparcferme.com/blogs/...-feature-story
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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?'
http://urelfer.ch/2017/04/14/ausfahr...-im-juni-2017/
. . . looks familiar? . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...l=1#post967459
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