More "Name Those Bearcats"

[Air Race Addict]

[B][I]Who and what year?

[speeddemon]

Re: More "Name Those Bearcats"

The year would be 1973.

Bearcat #8 is the late John Herlihy's "Sweet P". (Formerly the "Tom's Cat/Miss Priss" of Walt Olrich, and later as the Whittington Bearcat and last seen as Bill Anders' "Wampus Cat")

The Cat in the background is Mike Smith's #41. (Which won the 1964 Reno race with Mira Slovak as Miss Smirnoff, and was lost in about 1980 when Chub Smith--no relation--flew into a thunderstorm. Mike Smith later bought "Tipsy Miss" from Jack Sandberg, and ran her at Reno '79 as "What Price Speed?")

[Unregistered]

Re: More "Name Those Bearcats"

[B][I]Who and what year?

1973 Reno the bare colored cat is John Herlihy (recently killed in a T-28 crash) and Mike Smith is the white Bearcat. This Bearcat crashed in Georgia in the late 70s killing pilot Chub Smith editor of the Knoxville Times.

[Air Race Addict]

Re: More "Name Those Bearcats"

Thanks for the quick answer Brad. So is this attached photo the ex-Whitington Boys Bearcat? I took this one in 88. I also just came to the realization today that I have quite a few representative photos of Bearcats, not all the same. hmmmmm. That gives me an idea