Who is Dr. Lou Sell?
Earl Ma
Does anyone have information on this driver, who is/was a dentist from
the Big Island and won one or two races during the Can-Am's final,
forgotten seasons? I recall reading somewhere he had run some USAC
Indycar road course races in 1968, driving for Dickie Smothers, and was
seriously burned in one race.
Thanks in advance,
Earl
Peter G. Olivola
Lou Sell was one of the early drivers in the forunner of F5000. The class
was called FA and what is now FAtl was FB. I don't recall if he won the
championship, but that could well be.
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David Reininger
Lou Sell ran in the Can_am series in its last
forgotten years. One year he campaigned Michael
Andretti's year-old Kraco (March I think) Indycar.
Sell had his trailer broken into before the Summit
Point race. Summit Point owner Bill Scott offered
Sell the use of the shop at the track so he could
run that weekend.
I was timing a practice session in the carousel
when the gentleman next to me informs me that he
had run a time 2 seconds faster than anything I
had recorded. It was Lou Sell. Bill Scott had
sent him over to sit with our group.
I believe Lou Sell said he was living in Florida
at the time.
btw, I have an English/French Automotive dictionary
in my library. It was written by a Lou Sell.
The dictionary is at least 60 years old. I wonder
if that was his father.
Cheers,
Dave
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Richard Mccomb
Mike Hum
Lou Sell was burned - I beleive in the F5000 series,
the results are/were not visible - but then what is a drivers
suit ?
Linniedog
Riverside
in the Rex Mays 300 USAC Indy car race (1968 I think). By the way, he
was a Formula A (later F5000) champion.
Russell Jaslow
: liter cars. Incidently, the winner of the last race
: (of the 5 litre series) was non other than a very young
: Paul Tracy - I've pictures of him in a cockpit of a
: Frisbee - he looks about 14 ! While he offered me
Paul Tracy was 16 years old when he won that race. This was the minimum
age to be able to race in Canada. I distinctly remember reading about
his victory, and saying to myself, well there's a star of the future.
Speaking of that year, there was a Can-Am race at Lime Rock that was
held in torrential rain -- they even ended it early. Does anybody
remember who won that race? For many folks in the Northeast, it was
an immensely popular victory.
(Hint -- look at Richard Welty's .sig.)
Rus'L
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StreakN
>Speaking of that year, there was a Can-Am race at Lime Rock that was
>held in torrential rain -- they even ended it early. Does anybody
>remember who won that race? For many folks in the Northeast, it was
>an immensely popular victory.
Wasn't that our boy Bruce MacInnes?? A **great** rain driver. I'd like to
see him and Zippy going at it in the rain.
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Russell Jaslow
: (snip....)
: >Speaking of that year, there was a Can-Am race at Lime Rock that was
: >held in torrential rain -- they even ended it early. Does anybody
: >remember who won that race? For many folks in the Northeast, it was
: >an immensely popular victory.
: Wasn't that our boy Bruce MacInnes?? A **great** rain driver. I'd like to
: see him and Zippy going at it in the rain.
Yep, it sure was! And, if you mean Michael Zimicki as Zippy, then yes,
watching those two race agasint each other in the rain would be amazing.
And, it would sure beat the hell out of any crap the IRL could show us.
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har...@kelvingtonent.net
> Thought SOME of you might enjoy this reprieve from the CART vs. IRL crap:
>
> Does anyone have information on this driver, who is/was a dentist from
> the Big Island and won one or two races during the Can-Am's final,
> forgotten seasons? I recall reading somewhere he had run some USAC
> Indycar road course races in 1968, driving for Dickie Smothers, and was
> seriously burned in one race.
>
> Earl
I was at the race when Dr Sell’s crashed.
My Grandfather was in Riverside Community Hospital when the crash happened.
That night when I went to visit POPPOP he told me about the race car driver in the room down the hall from him. I went down and introduced myself and from the day forward I visited my Grandfather and Dr Sell’s every night until they transferred Dr Sell’s.
He told me a story about him and the Smothers brother were sitting at a bar having a drink and Dick & Tommy were talking about getting into the Indy Car business.
Dr. Sell’s was setting between them and the looked at each other and said who will we get to drive the car? That is how he got into Indy Cars, per the story.
The next year the same race Dr. Sell’s was at Riverside and in an Indy Car.
I have tried to get in touch with Dr. Sell’s a couple of times without success. Even wrote the Smothers Brothers with no response.
