The Great Races 4: The Race of Two Worlds - 1957/58
Earlier today (Wednesday) I saw the Mclaren Honda Andretti @MclarenIndy twitter page using the hashtag #RaceOfTwoWorlds which, got me thinking about a little known event in the late 1950s, Yes many F1 fans already know that the Indy 500 was a part of the F1 championship up until 1960 and, many F1 fans also know that the likes of Jim Clark, Graham Hill and a few others took on the challenge with varying levels of success in the 60's. But, to celebrate the opening of the oval at Monza, an event was planned as documented in the short video above, teams and drivers from the USAC (United States Auto Club) National Championship - effectivley what we know as IndyCar today, were invited to compete against team from Europe. The inaugural event is pretty much covered above but, for 1958 a few more European teams squads chose to race, Ecurie Ecosse bringing a pair of D Type Jaguars and a Lister for Maston Gregory, Ivor Bueb and Jack Fairman, while 3 Ferrari's of various construction w