Latest email received from Vince Howlett, reference BEX333.. James Parsons plus a lead on the Bob Constabaris Ace Bristol BEX437,
( which will be of interest to Kent Laurence ) Hi Keith Sorry if I didn't respond to this, over a year ago !
As for Barbara Lovely-Doyon's email address, I believe what I sent you was what she told me. It might be better to phone her, if you haven't already.
I have attached a photo, in three versions. It is from the program for the Pacific International Road Races, sponsored by the Puget Sounds Sports Car Club, and sanctioned by
the International Conference of Northwest Sports Car Clubs, at Pacific Raceways, Kent, Washington, September 18, 1960. This photo is from a couple of pages of photos titled
"Scenes from Pacific Raceways Inaugural Race², which took place August 14, 1960. In the first version of the photo, you can see an AC Bristol, the fourth car back. I believe this is
Jim Parsons. For the second and third versions, I cropped the photo to only include the AC Bristol. As you can see, they are not clear, but perhaps you can do something with them.
Also, the September 18 program, under "Class B Production", lists ³251...Jim Parsons...Seattle, Wash....A-C Bristol"
Also, from the 1960 race programs from the Westwood Racing Circuit, for the Sunday, May 29th Texaco Grand Prix Conference Event, and the June 26th Castrol Trophy Races,
each program has two pages, "Behind the Wheel, Conference Drivers and Their Numbers". The listings in both programs are identical, and list "251...James Parsons...PSSCC
(Puget Sound Sports Car Club)." This does not necessarily mean that Parson raced at these events.
The program for the October 2nd Westwood Conference races lists "Entries for the Westwood Conference Race", including "251 Jim Parsons A.C. Bristol Seattle."
So apparently he was entered for that one.
I have also been in touch with Tom Ellsworth in Massachusetts who apparently has the ex-Bob Constabaris A.C. Bristol. Interesting stuff.
Hope all is well.
Vince Howlett, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, phone/fax
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Vince Thank you for new details regards racing ACtivities of Jim Parsons and BEX333..[
] unfortunately the pictures will not reproduce with any clarity, will see if I can improve
quality and post on the Forum.
In the meantime, sorry to be so Bold, but could you photocopy the details in the relevent programms.. Thanking you in anticipation...[
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Hopefully all going well, will ship BEX333 over to USA for the proposed ACOC International in August 2013 along with various other ACs,
to take in and coincide with Laguna Seca, Monterey and Pebble Beach, then travel North to Seattle and if time permits quick visit to Vancouver...[:p].
Cheers for Now.
Keith..[
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