by Mike Parris
Porsche 917K at Riverside
In March of 1980 I was assigned, as a staff photographer at Argus Publishers, to meet L.A. Times owner/publisher Otis Chandler at his private warehouse to photograph a couple of cars from his collection. There were no exterior signs or indications of what lay inside the building, but it held [...]
Can Am, Trans Am and NASCAR photos from the ’80s by Mike Parris. Photos are mostly from Riverside with a few from Broken Arrow Raceway. The Riverside International Raceway (Riverside, California) property is now a shopping center. Like we needed another one.
Mike wrote and photographed all of the cars that are featured in his two [...]
Buick Camel GT Car
For you performance Buick enthusiasts, sketches and photos of the Buick Camel GT car (Morgan Performance Argo JM16 GTP) campaigned by the Morgan Performance Group in 1985–86. Racing photos courtesy of Racing Sports Cars. My involvement was limited to a sketch of a paint scheme. I don’t know why the rendering shows [...]
Thanks to the Registry of Corvette Race Cars
Over an hour of racing excitement…
…if you can tolerate old 8mm home movies. Riverside International Raceway, Stardust Raceway, Fontana, Ontario Motor speedway, and Mid Ohio road courses. Can Am, Trans Am, SCCA club events, drag racing, and NASCAR. Mercifully spliced from hundreds of feet of movie film. The soundtrack is of various racing cars including [...]
A fun filled day with Cale Yarlbourgh, Junior Johnson and the winning Holly Farms Malibu.
Herb Fishel invited me to MIS for the ’77 NASCAR Michigan 500 complete with paddock credentials. Because he was friends with Cale Yarlbourgh and Junior Johnson, I was able to hang around with the team for the entire day. This included [...]
[Click here to see a gallery of images scanned from slides taken of Pete Klain’s Corvette from 1976 through 1978.]
Pete Klain
In 1976 I met Pete Klain and got involved with his racing efforts. He worked at GMC Truck and Bus Group at the time. He was building a 1969 Corvette as a Group I [...]
