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1959 PORSCHE 718 RSK #023

Former US Air Force pilot Roy Schechter opened a Porsche and Volkswagen dealership in Florida in 1947. He had always had an interest in sports car racing, and many of his clients were involved in the pursuit, so, inevitably, he eventually found himself competing in races throughout the southeast United States, Nassau, and Cuba. As a dealer for the German marque, the privateer Schecter naturally ended up racing Porsches, including a 550 Spyder, a 718 RS 60, in which he finished second overall at Sebring, and this 718 RSK, which he drove to a victory in the 4th Annual Courtland Sports Car Races in Alabama in 1959.

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