Vanderbilt Cup Races

Did you identify Jim Rathmann & Carroll Shelby in this newspaper pre-race publicity photo from the Marty Himes collection?

Identify;

• The two well-known drivers

Jim Rathmann & Carroll Shelby

• The vintage race car on the right

'Old 16' Locomobile, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

• The race being publicized with this photo

Cornelius Vanderbilt Cup Race/June 19, 1960. The donor of the trophy was Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, a nephew of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.

• The likely location for the photo.

Roosevelt Raceway

• The two prominent races that these two drivers won within two years prior to this photo

Carroll Shelby (Left, winner of the 1959 LeMans) and Jim Rathmann (Right, winner of the 1960 Indy 500)

• Kudos question: Identify the modern race car on the left

Mitter-DKW Formula Junior

Comments (4)

Congrats to Steve Lucas, Bill Gilmore, and Victoracing for identifying Carroll Shelby

Greg O.