WELCOME RACE FANS!
MOTOR SPORTS:
COMPLEX, INTENSE, FOCUSED AND STRATEGIC. AUTO RACING REQUIRES PRECISION, PREPARATION AND CONTINUAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE. RACING IS INSANELY INTENSE, WITH NO MARGIN FOR ERROR!
If it has wheels, people will race it. From 2-cylinder Citroen sedans and 4-cylinder sports cars to 8-cylinder and 12-cylinder high-performance production racecars and Stock Cars, to GTP cars, to Formula Cars, to jet propelled World Land Speed Record cars. There are racing categories in which men compete against similar cars of damn near any size and configuration. Motorcycles are similar, all run in a specific class with matched and similar vehicles, relying on the skills of the driver to win.
I have been involved in this sport since 1969 in virtually every role, from driver and car owner, to grunt and crew member to hired gun. It is addictive. Aside from driving and working with some major teams, my primary racing involvement and staying close to this intense sport is my photography.
Rest assured she's forgotten more about the Ferrari's she works on than most of us will ever know.
I love seeing women break this barrier and become part of this great sport.
Sir Sterling Moss
Riverside, Oct. 1969
Copyright © 1969 - 2024 Raymond Cannefax. All rights reserved and protected by International Copyright Laws.
Austrian Grand Prix 1971
Zeltweg, Austria
Jackie Stewart
Austrian Grand Prix 1971
Zeltweg, Austria
Austrian Grand Prix 1971
Zeltweg, Austria
Austrian Grand Prix 1971
Zeltweg, Austria
Bayside Racing
Sebring 12 Hour Endurance Race 1991
Bayside Racing
24 Hours of Daytona 1991
Bonneville Salt Flats 2013
Record Runs
Bonneville Salt Flats 2016
Record Runs
Daytona Rolex 24 - 24 Hr. Endurance Race
Daytona International Raceway - 1996
BRE 240-Z. Possibly my all-time favorite race car.
TURBINATOR by Vesco Racing. Top speed 524 mph. WLSR set at 478 mph (two way).
1959 Bugeye Sprite 1,000 cc H-Production race car.
IRA Hill Climb, Park West, Utah 1996
Steamboat Springs Vintage Races
My Lotus & Vintage Titan in pits at Salt Lake AIS Grand Prix
Second Creek Raceway, CO.
Generic Race Car, Porsche 962 at Daytona Rolex 24 Hr. Endurance Race - 1991
Thank you Bruce and Bayside!
Portland International Raceway
Vintage Titan 1971 Formula Ford
Shit happens, but that's Racing.....
Rolex 24, Daytona IR 1991
Thanks Bruce, Walter, Klaus, Domenic and the Bayside Racing team
Steamboat Springs Vintage Races, 1996
The two men responsible for my becoming a race car driver, Carroll Shelby and Dan Gurney. In 1968, in Gurney's Anaheim, CA shop I asked what I needed to do to become a racing driver - I was 19; Dan gave me a serious glance and sized me up, Carroll simply commented: "You're a shitty driver now, kid. Get yourself a cheap-ass race car and learn to drive. If you're good, you'll keep getting better cars. Good luck, kid." Life lesson learned - Tell it like it is. Carroll became a dear and respected mentor after getting reacquainted with him in the early 1990's. Our offices were only 2 miles apart, and we ended up having lunch periodically while I managed Sprint's Southern California operations. His response to my asking why those chassis and spare body parts were sitting in his warehouse and not being turned into the Cobra cars: he is famous for "There are a lot of shitty drivers. People crash their cars. We help them keep their Cobras on the road." RIP Carroll.
