Saturday May 25, 1963. Paul Russo is in Wally Weir’s orange and black #53 Spirit of St. Louis Watson/Offy. It is Jim Rathmann’s winning 1960 car built new that year by A.J. Watson as a customer car for the Ken-Paul team. Rathmann also drove it in the 500 in 1961 and 1962 with Smokey Yunick as Chief Wrench. While it wouldn’t make the race in 1963 it would for one last time in the 1964 500.
