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Recent Updates
Over 100 additional individual race entries have been added, with the total now over 800.
"2011 Supplement"
Recently completed research to update records from 1982 to 2011.
Cunningham C2R #5104
After an extensive research project which included a panel of Cunningham car experts, it is our considered
opinion that the car was heavily damaged at some point between July/August, 1953 & August, 1954. We have
a copy of a letter dated August 13, 1954 from Robert N. Byron at the B.S. Cunningham Co. to Irving W. Robbins, Jr. (provided by Collier Collection / Revs Institute) which includes a detailed repair estimate listing suspension, chassis,
engine, and other needed repairs. In a follow-up letter by Mr. Robbins, he states that the car was damaged in a crash during a race in California. We are still trying to determine where and on what date. It is our belief that C2R #5104 was traded in for C3 #5441 (Vignale Cabriolet), after which C2R #5104 was dismantled, retired, or destroyed.
Respectfully submitted by,
Lawrence W. Berman
Cunningham Motorsport Historian
Breaking News!!!
The 1960 LeMans Corvette #1 has been located as a barn find in a Florida warehouse. It has been out of sight since the late 1970's. When the warehouse was being cleaned out, the owner noticed a serial / VIN 00867S103535. He contacted Larry Berman through this web site and began a conversation. For more info, see "Corvettes at Carlisle - Aug. 24-26, 2012" at www.carlisleevents.com. |
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Cunningham Gathering II
The 2nd Cunningham Gathering is planned for Labor Day Weekend, 2013 (Aug. 29 – Sept. 2) in Lime Rock Park, CT. Click here for details about this event. Please sign up for our Email List through this web site to be updated as plans are confirmed.
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31st Running of
Limerock Historic Festival
Click here for more information.
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Press Release
High-end model manufacturer Automodello™ will introduce a 1/43 scale model of the two-tone red Cunningham C-3 Convertible/Cabriolet by Vignale during the Cunningham Gathering II to be held in conjunction with this year’s Lime Rock Vintage Fall Festival, August 30-September 2, 2013.
To read the full Press Release, click here.
To order your copy of this limited production model, please click here.
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Click the image above to order
Stance & Speed’s new book
about the Cunningham C-4RK.
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C3 chassis number 5238 (Engine number C52-8-42343) was recently modified and built up as an exact recreation of the C-4R, and will be raced in major events. Click here for more details.
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"An event early in Briggs Cunningham's life helped shape his lifelong passion for autos and auto racing: As a youngster after World War I, he went street racing with his uncle in a Dodge touring car powered by a Hispano-Suiza airplane engine.
'Yes, I guess you could say my uncle influenced me towards automobiles and racing,' he told author Dean Batchelor for his book Cunningham." - more
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JOHN COOPER FITCH
August 4, 1917 -
October 31, 2012
Inventor, Race Track & Highway Safety Innovator, Fighter Pilot, Race Car Driver & Special Friend
John Fitch in a Cunningham C4R at Limerock Park Vintage Festival 1997
Make a contribution in honor of John Fitch. (Click on "See How You Can Help".
The donation options will be listed for your review.)
Read some of the many obits & articles...
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Press Release
After being hidden away in a dusty warehouse in St. Petersburg, FL since the late 1970’s, LeMans 1960 Corvette #1 has finally emerged. Here is the real back story...
Click here.
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