Bill Pollack

Bill Pollack (July 7, 1925-)^[1]

Racing career

Bill Pollack was a competitor in the early days of the post World War II California sports car culture. Starting his racing career in 1950, he would go on to win the Pebble Beach in an Allard J2 that was owned by Tom Carstens'.^[2] Bill also won at other California venues of that time: Pebble Beach, Golden Gate Park, Reno, Torrey Pines, Stockton, Madera, Willow Springs, Palm Springs, and the Santa Barbara road races. He was a contemporary of Phil Hill, who went on to become the first and only U.S. born world grand prix champion.

He is also credited with designing the race course at Willow Springs, California.

World War II years

Bill Pollack served in World War II as a B-26 Bomber pilot.

Published works

• Red Wheels and White Sidewalls: Confessions of an Allard Racer (Brown Fox Books, 2004)^[3]

References

1. Bill Pollack Library of Congress Authority File
2. "Time Machine". The Allard Register. 2009-08-29. Retrieved 2009-09-24. A thousand years ago I was racing a very crude but powerful machine called an Allard.
3. "Red Wheels and White Sidewalls". Brown Fox Books. Retrieved 2009-09-24.