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    Sports Illustrated Covers

    Great mag covers.

    I only remember the swimsuit edition covers over the decades

    http://www.motorsportretro.com/2010/...racing-covers/
    "A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'

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    Probably because when SI actually covered racing and put cars on the cover, you were totally engrossed in avoiding cooties?

    Love the images, particularly Jim Kimberly's Air Force pilots helmet, weight lifting belt and red coveralls which likely were dipped in borax. Safety is relative. It's amazing to see the magazine went through at least six masthead re-designs in just a decade! Also interesting that the Daytona photo shows the cars going around the banking clockwise...
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    Love the images, particularly Jim Kimberly's Air Force pilots helmet, weight lifting belt and red coveralls which likely were dipped in borax. Safety is relative. It's amazing to see the magazine went through at least six masthead re-designs in just a decade! Also interesting that the Daytona photo shows the cars going around the banking clockwise
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    Isn't that jsut a pic taken from high vantage point and the pit wall behind ?

    So when was the last time motorsport featured on cover page of SI ?
    Even earlier than cooties, Russ, I was in nappies for some of those
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    That's just it... the track runs counter-clockwise. The photo shows them on the high banks running opposite track direction.
    As far as I know the 24 hour race has always run counter clockwise. The pits are infield.

    And yes, I was in nappies for those '50s covers too.
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    Some great Poster stuff right there!
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    ahh back when people actually cared about real racing

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    Found it... they DID race clockwise for the 6 hour International Sportscar Championship. Here's the results... the Ferrari on the SI cover is probably the Gonzales/Hudson car, followed by the Casner/Lilly TR and one of the Porsches. An interesting lineup of machinery to say the least. Even a few of the NASCAR drivers in the group.

    Round 2
    Daytona 6 Hours
    Daytona International Speedway
    Daytona Beach, Florida
    5 April 1959

    Distance: Six hours, 147 laps of 3.81-mile road circuit for 560.07 miles; originally scheduled for 1,000 kilometers but shortened to six hours

    Results
    1st Robert Mieres & Antonio von Dory
    No. 86 Porsche RSK
    147 laps, 93.345 mph

    2nd Bob Said & Art Bunker
    Porsche RSK
    146 laps

    3rd Paul O’Shea & Augie Pabst
    Jaguar D Type
    146 laps

    4th Loyal Katskee
    Ferrari 121 LM (4.4-litre)
    (Chassis 0532LM)
    142 laps

    5th Fireball Roberts & Ralph Moody & Dick Rathmann & Chuck Daigh
    Ford Thunderbird
    138 laps

    6th Santiago Gonzales & Skip Hudson
    Ferrari Berlinetta
    138 laps

    7th Lucky Casner & Lee Lilly
    Ferrari Testa Rosa 250 TR
    137 laps

    8th Jim Kaperonis & Marshall Sargeant
    Astari Special
    127 laps

    9th Remo Cattini
    Team Roosevelt Fiat Abarth
    121 laps

    10th Al Thiele
    Team Roosevelt Fiat Abarth
    120 laps

    11th Alonzo Cussini
    Team Roosevelt Fiat Abarth
    119 laps

    12th Alfonso Gomez-Mena & Raimoro Montalvo
    Ferrari 250 GT
    (Chassis 1035GT)
    116 laps

    13th Lloyd Ruby & Bill Krause
    E.B. Rose Maserati 450S
    110 laps

    14th Phil Stiles & Don Findley
    Austin Healey Sprite
    110 laps

    15th Fred Pfisterer
    Lotus
    98 laps

    16th Carroll Shelby
    No. 46 Micro Lube Special Maserati – Corvette
    98 laps, retired

    17th Fred Windridge & Bob Holbert
    Kelso Autodynamics Lister – Corvette
    96 laps, retired

    18th A.J. Foyt
    No. 212 Lister – Corvette
    93 laps, retired

    19th Ray Saidel & Paul Mansen
    Jomar
    88 laps

    20th William Love & Len Sutton
    AC Bristol
    86 laps, retired

    21st Ralph Moody & Jim Rathmann
    Ford Thunderbird
    40 laps, retired

    22nd Ricardo Rodriguez
    No. 38 Rees Makin OSCA
    30 laps, retired

    23rd Sherman Utsman & Jerry Unser
    Williams Buick Special
    22 laps, retired

    24th Bill Krause
    Jaguar D Type
    13 laps, retired

    25th Jim Rathmann & Chuck Daigh
    No. 68 John Edgar Maserati 450S – Pontiac
    (chassis 4506)
    11 laps, retired

    26th Chuck Daigh
    No. 88 John Edgar Ferrari 410 S
    (chassis 0598CM)
    7 laps, retired

    27th Paul Goldsmith
    Kurtis – Corvette
    7 laps, retired

    28th George Constantine
    No. 49 Elisha Walker Aston Martin DBR2
    (chassis DBR2/1 [Lagonda DP166/1])
    1 lap, retired

    Notes:
    Race run clockwise on the circuit rather than the usual counter-clockwise direction of the course.
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    Wow, automobile racing is a sport?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NSXType-R View Post
    Wow, automobile racing is a sport?
    This amazes me too. I'm only used to see Soccer/Football in the sports magazines.
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    Pretty impressive stuff from a mainstream sports magazine. Even if it was over 50 years ago.

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