THOMPSON RACEWAY ROAD RACES POSTER
SEPT. 21, 1969
CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GURNEY EAGLE

Original poster for the Continental Championship event at Thompson Speedway in Connecticut - 1969.

The event was for Formula B/C open wheel cars and the fire-breathing, open-wheeled, ground-pounding Formula Atlantic cars. The car shown is a V-8 powered Gurney Eagle. Note the tires, wing etc. A great memento of a great series.

Poster is 11" x 17" .

Item No: 917

THOMPSON RACEWAY ROAD RACES POSTER
JULY 18, 1959

Colorful poster, in extraordinary condition, for the Sports Car Races held at Thompson Raceway, Thompson, Conn.

The track opened in 1940 and the road circuit opened in 1952. This was the first "permanent" facility used by the SCCA. Some believe that the car shown in the poster is Phil Cade's Chrysler-powered Maserati.

Poster is 13 1/2" x 22" .

SOLD

PETER HELCK
(1893-1988)
GRAND PRIX DE A.C.F. - 1907
ALBERT CLEMENT-BAYARD CLEMENT

Rare limited edition etching by the Dean of American Motoring Artists, Peter Helck, depicting Albert Clement in his Bayard Clement. Clement was the first to wear a steel protective helmet. Unfortunately, for reasons unknown, he did not wear his helmet in this race. He crashed in practice and was fatally injured.

Signed and numbered, 11 of 500, by Peter Helck.

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 20" x 16" gold inner-lined black wood frame.

Item No: 721

ELKHART LAKE - CAN-AM - 1970
POSTER
OSCAR KOVELESKI - DENNY HULME
SIGNED BY OSCAR KOVELESKI

Original poster for the 1970 Can-Am race at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Aug.30,1970. Poster shows Privateer Oscar Koveleski (#54) leading Denny Hulme (#5). Hulme would win the Can-Am title with 6 wins. Peter Gethin, his teammate after the earler death of Bruce McLaren, won the race. Koveleski won the 1970 SCCA National Championship.

Boldly signed Oscar Koveleski #54. Comes with certificate of authenticity. Original condition. 18 1/2" x 24."

Item No: 764

ENDLESS QUEST FOR SPEED
TWO PORTFOLIOS - SERIES 1 & 2 - 1949
PAINTINGS BY F. GORDON CROSBY
TEXT BY S.C.H. DAVIS
24 COLOR PLATES

Two portfolios illustrating - in a total of 24 color prints - man's endless quest for speed. Begins with Jenatzy setting the world speed record in 1899 at 65.82 mph and proceeds through Materassi's exploits in the 1927 Targa Florio with his supercharged Bugatti.

Twenty-four great framable color plates taken from paintings by Frederick Gordon Crosby. Both portfolios are in excellent condition. Each plate is 12" x 10."

Item No: H16

GABRIEL SUR MORS
PARIS-MADRID RACE - 1903
ERNEST MONTAUT
(1879-1909)

Hand-colored pochoir print by Ernest Montaut showing Fernand Gabriel passing for the lead in the 1903 Paris-Madrid race. This came to be called The Race of Death and was terminated in Bordeau bcause of the incurred accidents and deaths.

Montaut's prints - and those of his wife Marguerite (Gamy) - are important visual documents of competition involving motorcycles, cars and boats. In the pochoir process - a complex and labor-intensive procedure - image outlines are drawn onto lithographic stones and printed. Using these outlines, stencils are cut for each color. Watercolor is hand-applied to the image through the stencil.

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 36" x 18" brown wood frame.

Item No: 671