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Bob went from racing on Southern California’s (relatively safe) airport courses outlined with hay bales and snow fencing to racing though perilous public mountain roads and hairpin curves in Europe. Bystanders lined the 45-mile-long course on the island of Sicily at the tip of Italy where Bob and co-driver John Whitmore drove a pre-production GT 40 Spyder in the 1965 Targa Florio endurance road race. Bob placed the Prototype as high as Fourth before, on lap 9 of the 10-lap race, he hit some loose gravel spread by another car and smacked a wall, tearing off the front wheel. View Related Article
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