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  1. Hi. My dad was the Chief Photographer for the Texas Region of the SCCA and I helped him carry his equipment to most of the races between 1951 and 1954. We were at Bergstrom AFB in March of 1954 shooting the great “Lone Star National Sports Car Race” and I do have his photos from there. I have scanned well over 1,000 of his 4x5 negatives, covering his career from 1938 to November 1954 when he died in a traffic accident, rolling his ’53 Jaguar XK-120M to avoid a driver running a red light. Except for that Bergstrom race, unfortunately, I can find very few of the negs from the many sports car races he photographed. They (and the 1936 Olympics in Berlin he shot as an 18-year-old) I guess have been lost to time. As far as auto racing, at least I still have a lot of his open wheel dirt track photos that range from 1938 to the late ‘40s. Attached is a photo of the overall winner, 'Gentleman' Jim Kimberly in his #5 Ferrari. Best of luck with your book project! Connell R. Miller Bella Vista, AR
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