Patrick Bedard [SEP] occupation
Patrick Bedard
Patrick Bedard (born August 20, 1941, La Porte City, Iowa) is an American automobile racing driver and journalist.
In the early 1970s, "Car and Driver" magazine challenged its readers to a series of Sports Car Club of America (SCCA)-sanctioned, 25-lap "showroom stock sedan" races. In the "Car and Driver SS/Sedan Challenge II", Bedard finished first, driving "Car & Driver's" own Opel 1900 sedan. In the "Car and Driver SS/Sedan
rest in turn 2 without contact.
Rick Mears took the lead for the second time on lap 54. On lap 58, Patrick Bedard suffered a terrible crash in turn four. The car spun to the inside of the north shortchute, hit the inside wall, flipped over, and barrel-rolled through the grass. The car broke into two pieces, the tub and the engine. Debris littered the track, and a lengthy caution was needed to clean up the incident. Bedard was injured, but the injuries were