Phil Hill and Dale LaFollette returning to pits in the 1902 D50 Napier.
By Dale LaFollette
Photos from the collection of Dale LaFollette
In 1980 Road & Track scheduled a day at the Portland race track where I worked so Phil Hill could test some vintage cars for articles he would be writing. On the appointed day several important old cars arrived including my favorite, a 1902 D50 Napier Gordon-Bennett racer that had been assembled from parts of the actual winner of the race. At the time the car was owned by the Harrah Collection.