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Porsche Road & Race, June 22, 2020 / page 11
1973
Unlike the previous year, when Ferrari had won all ten races prior to Le Mans and elected not to participate, in 1973, the World Manufacturer’s Championship was very much in play, and to answer the challenge from Matra, three 312 PBs were entered at la Sarthe for the fiftieth anniversary of the 24-hour classic. None, unfortunately, by NART, which meant for the second year in a row, no Americans would contend for overall honors.
As before, Luigi Chinetti entered four Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytonas for the GTS Group. Sam Posey would be teamed with Le Mans rookie Milt Minter. Nearing 40, Minter was an innately talented driver and mechanic who had recently finished second overall at Daytona, co-driving a NART GTB/4 with François Migault, and at Sebring, with Michael Keyser, in a Porsche RSR.
Though roughly on a par with Posey in skill, Milt Minter couldn’t have been further apart from his co-driver in terms of
ABOVE: NART Ferrari co-drivers, Le Mans rookie Milt Minter and veteran Sam Posey with famous American firearm manufacturer and car collector Bill Ruger Jr. BOB KENNEDY
RIGHT: Perennial American “French Connection” John Baus, brown jacket, arm raised, directs the unloading of the NART transporter full of Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytonas, always an occasion at Le Mans. BOB KENNEDY
PREVIOUS TWO PAGES: Looking out from the NART pit box before the race, tools at the ready, team manager Dick Fritz (yellow slicker), next to the No. 6 Ferrari GTB/4 Daytona of Sam Posey and Milt Minter. Across the track, looking back (dark glasses, brown coat and tie), is Luigi Chinetti. BOB KENNEDY
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