Bill Leonheart’s “ASR Special Chevrolet” finally ran again at the 2011 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Photo: Dennis Gray
Bill Leonheart’s “ASR Special Chevrolet” finally ran again at the 2011 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Photo: Dennis Gray

Mystery Car Reborn

Nearly 10 years ago in this space (“Sleuths Wanted,” February  2002) I asked if anyone could ID a Can-Am car I didn’t know and had seen only once, at Road America in 1967. Ah, the power of Vintage Racecar! Immediately, reader Tor Caraway wrote in from Wisconsin with the answer.

My follow-up column about the mystery ran in the May issue and led California racer Dick Duncan to thank me for giving a name to an old sports racer he had just purchased in fragments.

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