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One of the special features of
SAAC-25 was a Shelby American team
reunion. Our goal was to have as many
of the of the people we’d all come to as-
sociate with Shelby American history
as possible join us, but we knew that
most of them lived on the west coast.
We sent out 175 invitations. Since we
were trying to make this convention a
special occasion, we contacted a num-
ber of the club’s more well-heeled
members to solicit contributions for a
“VIP Travel Fund” that would enable
us to provide airline tickets, rental
cars and hotel rooms for everyone who
accepted our invitation. Our “spon-
sors” were more than generous and
our travel fund swelled to almost
$25,000. By convention time, 37 for-
mer Shelby team members were able
to join us.
• Carroll Shelby
• Bob Bondurant
• Al Dowd
• Lew Spencer
• Carroll Smith
• Leo Beebe
• Chuck Cantwell
• John Morton
• Ray Geddes
• Bob Johnson
• Tom Payne
• Walt Hane
• Tom Yeager
• Bernie Kretzschmar
• Mike Sangster
• Jerry Schwarz
• Mark Popov-Dadiani
• Mel Wentzel
• Bob “Tweety” Aldridge
• Ed Casey
• Dennis Daly
• Phil Henny
• Dave Jordan
• Yale Kneeland
• Wayne Pierce
• Jim Riddle
• Stephen Shattuck
• Bob Tasca
• Dennis Walsh
• Joseph Farrer
• Dick Smith
• Sonny Balcaen
• Dean Gregson
• Deke Houlgate
• Steele Therkelson
• J. L. Henderson
• Lee Holman
The SHELBY AMERICAN
Summer 2016 94