Bruce Kessler |
Bruce Kessler was born in March 1936 in Seattle, the son of a clothing designer from Beverly Hills, California. At the age of just sixteen, he started racing his own Jaguar XK120 in the Sport Car Club of America events before moving to single seaters in a Cooper Mk IX sponsored by Warren Olson the Cooper distributor. Bruce won twice at Santa Barbara in March 1956, Bakersfield in May and the Seattle Seafair Race to win the 500cc Club of America Championship that year.
Bruce in the Scarab
After he retired from motorsport and returned to California. Bruce directed many TV movies and a TV series. One of his first efforts was a short film on the Scarab race car called "The Sound of Speed". Bruce Kessler retired to Florida and is now a keen yachtsman. He was presented with the Harry Morrow Award at Riverside in March 2009. |