Bruce Kessler
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Bruce Kessler | |
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Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | March 23, 1936
Died | April 4, 2024 | (aged 88)
Occupation(s) | Film director, television director |
Years active | 1962–1997 |
Formula One World Championship career | |
Active years | 1958 |
Teams | Privateer Connaught |
Entries | 1 (0 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1958 Monaco Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1958 Monaco Grand Prix |
Bruce Kessler (March 23, 1936 – April 4, 2024) was an American
Racing career
Bruce Kessler was born in
Kessler entered one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix (Monaco 1958) with a Connaught owned by Bernie Ecclestone, but failed to qualify, although he posted the 21st-fastest time of the 28 entrants.[citation needed]
Kessler and Reventlow, driving Reventlow's Mercedes-Benz SL aluminum coupe had stopped at Blackwells Corner on CA Rt. 466/133 on September 30, 1955 on their way to the Salinas Road Races when
The Scarabs won the International Grand Prix at Riverside, California beating the famous driver Phil Hill in a Ferrari. Kessler was invited to Europe to drive at Le Mans.
On March 22, 1958, Kessler became class winner at "12 hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the AMOCO Trophy" (12 h Sebring), driving a Ferrari 250 GT LWB (#0773GT).
After a serious crash at the 1959 Examiner Grand Prix at Pomona, California, Kessler spent days in a coma.[citation needed] Soon after, he retired from racing.
Film career
Kessler returned to California and became a film and television director. One of his earliest efforts was a short film he directed on the Scarab race car for his friend Lance Reventlow called The Sound of Speed.
As a film and television director, some of his credits include the television series
Kessler was a
Kessler was also a world class
Personal life
Kessler was married to Joan Freeman and had two brothers, poet and writer Stephen Kessler, who lives in northern California, and Rick, who lives near Palm Springs.
Kessler entered hospice care on March 31, 2024,[5] and died on April 4, at the age of 88.[6]
Complete Formula One results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | WDC | Points |
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1958 | Bernie Ecclestone | Connaught Type B | Straight-4
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ARG | MON DNQ |
NED | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | MOR | NC | 0 |
References
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ Bruce Kessler profile at The 500 Owners Association Archived February 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bruce Kessler profile at Southernyosemite.com Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 1893618498
- ^ Kessler, Stephen (March 31, 2024). "Instead of an elegy for my dying brother". Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ Baker, Milt (April 5, 2024). "Adventurer Bruce Kessler Dies at 88". Soundings. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
External links
- Bruce Kessler at IMDb