Throw Back Thursday. Dateline – 1962
Jimmy and Veta Foote stand beside their Porsche which was awarded “Top Car” at the inaugural Jamaica Grand Prix event on Jamaica’s actual Independence Day in 1962 at Vernamfield, Clarendon.
Jimmy finished second in the 110-mile Jamaica Grand Prix, won the 22-mile Saloon race and Veta won the 44-mile “Powerpuff Derby” driving the same car. Altogether the car completed 166 miles on race day.
Photo copyright The Gleaner Co. Ltd
