Gil Hess Race Car Driver. In a side note i later asked dan who gil flipper was and dan s response was. When gil s car flipped on to the fence even at my age i knew it was bad think i was maybe 8 to 10.
It became known as the bogus lotus one of one. This page is a reference point to stock car drivers topic pages. Part of the excitement of sprint car racing is the danger.
They raced mostly on the west coast i first noticed this car for sale on several sites on and off over several years then found it on an auction site.
This is a category for racing drivers who were killed while driving a racing car either in competition or during testing it includes drivers who were killed immediately as well as those who were not killed immediately but succumbed to their injuries some time later. It wasn t always this way. Series champions in bold. Enter in the 1946 to 1962 race car class refitted in 1962 with a lotus eleven body by then owners gil knudsen bendix corporation fame and preston rush.
