1953 Kurtis 500 B

By on in Race December 2020 issue
Darin Schnabel ©2020, courtesy of RM Sotheby’s

  • Offered from the Bill Akin Collection
  • A significant example of a dominant design
  • Four-time Indianapolis 500 competitor
  • 1955 Indianapolis 500 3rd-place finisher
  • Immaculately restored to historic No. 15 Bardahl livery
  • Class winner at Pebble Beach and Amelia Island in 2010 and 2011, respectively
  • Includes trophies and awards won by the car, along with period ...

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Thor grew up in northern Iowa. His father bought a red Jag XK 150 in the late 1950s, and that was all it took; he has been in love with sports cars , racing cars and the associated adrenaline rush ever since. He has vintage raced for more than 20 years, the bulk of them spent behind the wheel of a blue Elva 7. When he’s not racing, he is president of Vintage Racing Motors Inc., a collector-car dealer and vintage-racing support company based in Redmond, WA. His knowledge runs the full spectrum of vintage racing, and he has put that expertise to good use for SCM since 2003.

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