Born in, and lived in, Hollywood, California, Ekins began riding off-road motorcycles daily in the hills above his Hollywood home just after WW2 ended. He was too young for the military until years after...
Bought him a gull wing Mercedes when he was 14, (he still has it, pictured above) he practiced, and bingo. Racing legend.She was old money rich, and bought stock in Lime Rock, and then bought Sam a Formula...
Chick Hirashima was the last of the riding mechanics. I've posted about him before I'm pretty sure, but 7 or 8 years ago.http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/999041088...