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THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES 13
the next year at Le Mans (ignoring the re-grilled center sections), supports this
view.” It is important to note, however, that this position is supported by the
GCH Table, which indicates that SPL 226B (NOJ 393) was the vehicle entered at
Sebring in 1954, rather than SPL 224B (NOJ 391).8
Without conducting a forensic examination of the vehicle and the available
period photographs, and a scrupulous review of the homologation papers and
entrant’s forms for the 1954 race, it is impossible at this time to confirm or
contradict Jarick’s contention and the information contained in the GCH Table.
Doing so would require at least 10 to 20 additional hours of research that can be
performed should the circumstances dictate doing so.
Nevertheless, the vehicle that competed at Sebring in 1954 with Lance Macklin
The race record that Hyman
Ltd. prepared for SPL 224B
(AHS 3804) contains several
errors and lists participation
in the 1954 and 1955 Sebring
12 Hour race and 1954
Mille Miglia that cannot be
confirmed at the present time.
(Hyman Ltd.)