Fred Gamble basically never had the goal of becoming a serious racing driver, but like many young racing fans, he also dreamed of a possible start in a Formula 1 Grand Prix . Gamble started racing in the USA in the late 1950s. Without much planning, he drove sports car races with private Triumphs and MGs . The successes were completely lacking, but at one of these races he met Lloyd Casner . Casner ran its own racing team, Camoradi Racing . Casner took Gamble into his team and had him race a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. This is how Gamble came to Europe and contested the Le Mans 24 Hours for the team in 1960 .
Camoradi had its European base in Modena and when the organizers of the Italian Grand Prix had problems getting a full starting field in the autumn , it got through to the American racing team. In Monza they insisted on a route including the banked curves, which prompted the British teams to boycott. Camoradi reported a Porsche 718 that Jean Behra had once modified and that is on the start list as the Behra-Porsche F4 F2. Gamble was seated in the cockpit and was able to fulfill his boyhood dream. In the race, the fuel ran out just before the end. Gamble stopped in front of the Parabolica, walked to the pits, got a five-liter canister full of gasoline there, ran back, refueled and finished the race in tenth and last place to the cheers of the audience.
In late 1960, Gamble returned to the United States. He had had fun and soon ended his active career. After two years in the management of Carroll Shelby's Cobra team, he became race director at Goodyear in 1963 and organized their entry into Formula 1. After winning the 1966 and 1967 World Championships with Brabham , he resigned and handed the position over to Leo Mehl .
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