Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[Lake X Kid]

On this particular European visit the Mercury Lake X drivers (in the photo) were there to race in the Paris 6 Hour.

The team driver pairings were —
Johnny Bakos & Odell Lewis,
Bill Sirois & Roy Ridgell,
John Steinbeck & Mike Ramsay.

I know some other Mercury business was being administrated to. And that is why there are some Mercury mangers in the photo too. The photo was taken in Frankfurt Germany (circa 1967).

A side-note is regarding Bill Sirois.
Roy Ridgell years later told me about Bill stomach being squeamish the morning of the race. I mentioned that several years ago to the late, Steve Sirois (Bill’s brother) and he said, it was a situation that sometimes happen to Bill.