The Watchful Eye - 1963 - Subtitles. There are no subtitles available for The Watchful Eye at the moment, try to update the subtitle crawler. The Watchful Eye Newsletter. Mid-September, 2010 Mary Bailey, Editor the [email protected]. PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION. Teen HOT Lane: No Route to Empowerment. Buy Yakuza of Seki - 1963 Remastered for $12. Yatappe brings her to safety, and from a distance keeps a watchful eye on her well being. Racer Dave Mac. Donald runs first- ever 1. Z0. 6 Stingray at Riverside. October 1. 3- 1. 4, 1. Dave Mac. Donald races the new 1. Corvette Stingray at the Riverside 3hr Enduro. This race marked the historic, and highly anticipated, first- ever meeting between Chevrolet's new Corvette Stingray & Carroll Shelby's new Ford Cobra Roadster. Chevrolet vs Ford, Corvette vs Cobra, Duntov vs Shelby .. The #0. 0 Sting Ray Dave would drive is the first- ever 1. Z0. 6 Sting Ray ever made - VIN #3. S1. 00. 68. 4. Chevrolet brass flew Dave Mac. Donald (and wife Sherry), Bob Bondurant and Jerry Grant to their St. Louis factory to personally pick up their cars. Mac. Donald was given the first 1. Z0. 6ever made - serial #6. The group then set out on a road trip back to the west coast and Sherry says heads were turning the entire way. Mickey Thompson (Hooper's race sponsor) was given the fourth Stingray and had it flown back to LA via Flying Tiger Cargo service two weeks earlier. Below is interior photo of Mac. Donald's new 1. 96. Stingray (#6. 84) at Bill Thomas' speed shop in September '6. Dave painted the Ray in his familiar blue & white #0. Bill worked together prepping the powerplant. Photo The Bill Thomas Family. Jack Brabham's Sunbeam Alpine (#4) in the background. Photo Dave Friedman. Carroll Shelby (seated wearing sunglasses) keeps a watchful eye as Phil Remington jockeys the new Ford sports car to the track for driver. Bill Krause to run practice laps.
Krause, 1. 96. 0 LA Times Grand Prix winner, was selected by Shelby to drive the Cobra's debut race. Carroll Shelby is behind the Cobra. Back in 1963 I was just one of the many starry eyed kids at Rye House who learnt just how hard speedway riding really was. Under the watchful eye. Photo Dave Friedman. Chevrolet and Ford camps in an impromptu meeting during Friday practice. Bill Krause seated in Ford Cobra CSX2. Stingrayowner Mickey Thompson while Dave Mac. Donald (head down) talks with Carroll Shelby (white hat). Behind Dave are Zora and Elfi Duntov. To the left of the Cobra is master fabricator Phil Remington. Automotive superstars in this fabulous Dave Friedman photo. Interesting to notethat in a mere three months time Mac. Donald would be driving for Shelby and Krause for Thompson. Makes this a really interesting photo. Carroll Shelby gives Zora Arkus- Duntov a glimpse of what Zora's new Stingray's are up against. Photo courtesy Pat Brollier, Sports car Graphic and Vette magazine. Dave was always willing to help a friend. Huge throng of spectators invade Riverside for weekend racing festivities - 3. Saturday's 3hr Enduro and 7. Sunday's LA Times Grand Prix. Crowd beginning to fill the stands as several cars are out running their final practice laps 9. Dave Mac. Donald in his red white & blue pinstripped #0. Sting Ray heading into turn 6. Harrison did not make Saturday'srace. Photo Gordon Martin courtesy Motot. Binder by Roy Spencer. Photo Dave Friedman. At a time when Hollywood was in love with fast cars actor Dick Van Dyke was there to root on local favorites. Photo Dave Friedman. Beautiful Darlene Lucht, Miss Corvette 1. Bill Thomas (R) before the big race. Photo Dave Friedman. Magnificent machines in the pits 1 hour before the race. Dave Mac. Donald's good friend Joe Freitas stands in front of Dave's Stingray (thumbs inpockets) and that may be Ken Miles to Joe's left. Behind the Ray is Zora Duntov scratching his ear. Photo Gordon Martin. Riverside race beauties stand near Dave's futuristic Corvette Stingray before the cars move to the other side of pit wall. Photo Dave Friedman. A little more than an hour before the race and the Chevrolet camp stops by for a word with Cobra driver Billy Krause. Mickey Thompson(kneeling), Zora Duntov & Elfi Duntov (hat) and Dave Mac. Donald in between the Duntovs. Photo Dave Friedman. Stingrays of Mac. Donald & Hooper before moving them out to the grid. Talking with Dave is good friend, and Cheetah race car creator, Bill. Thomas. Bill race prepped the Stingray for this race. Notice the fat tires on Hooper's car, Mickey got his Stingray 2 weeks earlier than the others and had additional time to race prep his Vette, including installing a nice set fat slicks. Photo Dave Friedman. Dave Mac. Donald and Bill Thomas in a final conversation before Dave pulls his '6. Ray out to the Le. Mans style race grid. Photo Tom Mc. Intyre. Carroll Shelby, Phil Remington (C) in strategy session with driver Bill Krause before firing up the 2. Photo Dave Friedman. Ditto for Bruce Mc. Laren in his Sunbeam Alpine (5) and Mike O'Neil's Lotus Elite Climax. Photo Dave Friedman. Jack Brabham sits in his Sunbeam Alpine awaiting the move out to the grid. The Sunbeam Alpine's were well represented in this 1. Ken Miles, Bruce Mc. Laren, Jerry Titus, Ray Pickering, and Blackjack Jack Brabham. Photo Dave Friedman. Ron Bucknum's MG and Emilo Valsecchi's Triumph TR4 will be towards the rear of the grid when they line up. Photo Dave Friedman. Drivers begin to pull their cars out to the starting grid for the Le. Mans style start. Unfortunately Bruce Mc. Laren's Sunbeam stalls underneath the bridge. Photo Dave Friedman. Bruce Mc. Laren is forced to begin pushing his Sunbeam Alpine toward the grid. Photo Dave Friedman. Mc. Laren's Sunbeam fires up and he's the last to the grid. Stingray's of Bondurant, Mac. Donald & Grant sit side by side. Barely visable is theheadlight of Bill Krause's deep red Shelby Cobra roadster as he backs into position next to Grant. Photo Dave Friedman. Drivers mill about as field is just about in place. Photo The Henry Ford. Stingrays of Bondurant, Mac. Donald & Grant, Krause's Cobra, Bob Kirby's Porsche & Dick Guldstrand's Vette (5. Photo Dave Friedman. Drivers huddle after the 4. Beautiful and historic color photo courtesy of Dave Friedman. Race officials line drivers up in proper order. Dave Mac. Donald & Bob Bondurant are at bottom pf photo. Photo The Henry Ford. Drivers watching officials as they place the final drivers on the Le. Mans style grid. Dave Friedman photos from The Henry Ford archives. The #7 Genie driven by. Art Snyder looks even with Mac. Donald but he, like many in Le Mans style starts, stalled and didn't immediately get off the line. Photo The Henry Ford. Photo The Henry Ford. Dave Mac. Donald started as a drag racer in So Cal and here he uses his lightening fast shifting skills to his advantage. Photo The Henry Ford. Photo The Henry Ford. Dave Mac. Donald has set numerous standing start speed records on this very same Riverside back straight so he quickly moves through the gearson familiar turf. Photo The Henry Ford. Dave Mac. Donald out to a great start and pulling away while Grant & Bondurant get their Stingrays onto the track. Photo Dave Friedman. Here you can see Billy Krause and the Cobra getting off to a middle of the pack start in this 4. Photo Dave Friedman. Front running Dave Mac. Donald flat out flying as he rumbles into turn 6 on lap 1. Dave is taking advantage of a clear track and extending hislead over Krause's Cobra and the other Corvettes in the early going. Photo Dave Friedman. Krause was slow off the grid in 2. Here he's already by Jerry Titus and nowprepares to move on Dick Guldstrand's Corvette as Dick waves him to the inside. Photo Dave Friedman. However, on lap 4 Mac. Donald's Stingray lost all power and he was forced to pull off the track in turn 7. Dave was a top- notch mechanic and After opening the hood noticed right away that the coil wire had come loose. He quickly reconnected it and jumped back into the race but the Delayallowed Krause to close the gap. Photo Gordon Martin courtesy Motor. Binder by Roy Spencer. Bill Krause barrels into turn 6 and now has Mac. Donald's Sting Ray in his sights. Photo Dave Friedman. Krause tucks in behind Mac. Donald on lap 4 and the high profile showdown is now fully engaged! Photo Pat Brollier & Sports Car Graphic. Ken Miles and his Sunbeam Alpine (#5. John Masterson's Mercerdes going through turn 7. Photo Dave Friedman. Lap 5 and Billy Krause continues to stalk Dave Mac. Donald as the star drivers run 1- 2 ahead of the field. The two are putting on a memorable show early in the race. Photo Dave Friedman. Lew Spencer's Morgan (#1. Fay Van in a Porsche, #6. Bill Molle in a Lotus Mk XXIII Ford, #1. Bill Larsen in a Alpha Romeo and Doug Hooper's Corvette through the esses and turn 6. Photo Dave Friedman. Leaders Dave Mac. Donald and Bill Krause giving the fans a show as they begin to reel in slower cars. Photo Bill Motta Road & Track Jan '6. John Masterson goes through turn 7 with his Mercedes leading Mr. Corvette Dick Guldstrand and Bob Kirby's Porsche. Photo Dave Friedman. Norm Smith has his Corvette in front of Ray Pickering's Sunbeam going through turn 7. Photo Dave Friedman. There are no known photos of Krause leading Mac. Donald but Billy got by Dave on lap 9 and was recorded as race leader. He & Dave fought mightly during laps 9- 1. Krause finishing each lap in front. By this time they were alreadylapping slower cars and here they go by Argentina's Tony Priedrabuena and his MG to put him a lap back. Photo Dave Friedman. On lap 1. 2 Dave Mac. Donald sliped his Stingray past Billy Krause's Cobra in the Riverside Esses before the racers blast through into 6. Krause would repass Mac. Donald on the Riverside's long back straight and be recorded as lap 1. Photo Dave Friedman. Photo courtesy Dave Friedman and the book 'California Screamin'. By lap 1. 6 Billy Krause had stretched his lead over Dave Mac. Donald to 7 seconds. But then his Shelby Cobra snapped a left rear halfshaft. Billy pulled CSX2. Photo Dave Friedman. The debut of the Shelby Ford Cobra was certainly promising, but logged as a DNF nonetheless. Photo Dave Friedman. Dave Mac. Donald now all alone at the front has his '6. Z0. 6 Stingray well ahead of the field on lap 1. Photo Dave Friedman Bob Bondurant laps Norm Smith before turn 7 and now runs 4th behind Mac. Donald, Grant & Hooper. Photo The Henry Ford. Bondurant gets by Hooper after Doug does a monster 1. Hooper quickly got his Stingray turned around and back in the race but notbefore Bruce Mc. Laren (top) went by him too. Photo The Henry Ford. John Masterson leads Bob Kirby and Rick Muther through the esses.
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