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George Eyston & Roy Salvadori
Reference Number. 14382C
Description
A lovely original vintage 1955 autograph book page, clearly signed in ink by George Eyston / Reg Parnell and Roy Salvadori
REVERSE of the page signed in red ink by both Michael Christie and Tony Marsh
ROY SALVADORI d2012. British motor-racing driver and manager active between 1952-62, driving for Ferrari / Connaught / Maserati / BRM and Cooper. He participated in 50 Formula 1 World Championship races scoring 19 points and two podium finishes. During his varied career, he also famously won the Le Mans 24 hours in 1959 driving for Aston Martin teamed with Carroll Shelby. After retiring from driving he returned to running his car dealership, but was tempted back to Formula One to manage the Cooper racing team in 1966 and 1967. He died aged 90 in 2012
REG PARNELL d1964. English F1 driver (1950-54) who participated in seven World Championship Grands Prix with teams including ; Alfa Romeo / BRM and (non works Ferrari / Maserati & Cooper) achieving one podium and scoring a total of nine championship points. He as both a driver and a team manager had a considerable influence on post-war British motorsport until his premature death in 1964. He raced at Brooklands and was banned following an accident with Kay Petre which ended her racing career. Before the war he had bought up racing cars and once the hostilities had ceased he sold them to form the basis of his post-war racing entries. He later raced a whole host of cars before turning to management and taking Aston Martin into Formula 1. He later went on to run the Yeoman Credit Racing Team with the help of his son (Tim) who later raced in Formula 1 himself. He died aged just 52 in 1964 after a routine appendix operation went wrong
| Certification: | From the autograph book of C Kettel of Sutton Coldfield. The motorsport signatures all collected at the Daily Express Meeting at Silverstone on May 7th 1955. Reg Parnell won the Sports Car Race in an Aston Martin. Roy Salvadori came second in the F1 race in his Maserati (with the fastest lap at 98.48mph. AFTAL Dealer No13 and UACC RD Memorabilia UK COA |
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| Size: | 14x12cm Autograph Book Page |
| Condition: | Good. View Images |
