Category: Rene Charland

Photo from Racingthroughtime.com.

1965. This looks like a John Grady photo.

Utica-Rome.

This was the car in which Rene nearly became the main course of the “French Barbeque” at Albany-Saratoga in May, 1966. Ed, wearing a short-sleeve t-shirt, cotton trousers and no gloves, reached into the flaming wreckage and pulled Rene out, saving his life.

1965 – Thunder Road “Milk Bowl” race.