While at the recent Watkins Glen Vintage race I had occasion to speak with Ceasar Cone, a well known Alfa vintage racer, about his joint ownership with Bill Barns of the #35 Sebring factory entered GTA driven to 2nd in class by de Adamich/Zeccoli.
Ceasar told me that after the Sebring race he and Barnes co-bought the GTA from Don Black who Barnes knew. So Barnes had the contact and Cone had half the money to make the purchase.
Ceasar went on to say that this #35 GTA went on to do a couple of SCCA regional/national events in 1966 and also was raced in the Mid America Trans Am , St Louis event with Razey Feezel as co-driver. Cone then told me that the GTA was rolled at that event. This was interesting news in that many years later this rollover damage is reported during subsequent restoration and then thought to have been incurred at Sebring at the hands of Bussinello making it the #36 Sebring race winner.
Ceasar may still have era pictures including one of the GTA after the rollover at Mid America.
After the St Louis event the car was raced in an ill fated NASCAR series, the Baby Grand then sold on to Ted Atkins and the ownership is known through to the current owner. Atkins ownership has been discussed here on this BB at
http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/giu...am-1965-1975/47307-ex-rindt-gta-613011-a.html and other discussion here
http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/giulia-gta-gta-1300-jr-gtam-1965-1975/47303-gta-613006-a.html
After the Glen vintage weekend I found the attached article at the International Motor Racing Research center, in the SCCA Sports Car August 1966 issue. The article documents the Barns rollover. Also shown is a picture of #3?, left hand GTA in lower right picture on page 2, still sporting an Italian license plate. Unfortunately the plate numbers are not discernable. The other GTA in that picture is number 8?.
Note that Bill Barnes is entered at Mid America as W. F. Barnes, W. for William(Bill) and F. for Fred as the article calls him but Ceasar thinks Bill's middle name was Ford.
Also pictured in the article is the Kwech/Andrey #6, GTA 752648 and on Page 1 GTA #3? but maybe 31 of Del Taylor/Bob Pratt. The SCCA result shows 10 GTAs present at the event.
I hope to find an entry list, grid position chart and a better version of that picture some day.
Regards
Ken