Lance Reventlow was the son of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. As most aficionados know, he was active in motorsport during the fifties. Lance’s best friend was Bruce Kessler, son of bathing-suit mogul Rose Marie Reid. Because Bruce and I were friends, I became acquainted with Lance.
The first time Lance got involved in sports car racing was at the October, 1955 event at Torrey Pines, near San Diego. Lance entered Bruce in his new 300SL and Bruce won the Production Car Race. The following month, Lance entered himself in the Mercedes at the one and only Grand Central Airport race at Glendale. He came in 3rd, behind Rudy Cleye in a 300SL and Jim Peterson in an XK120. I think this was Lance’s first race and he did well considering the quality of the field.
