Since '74 we have moved to the NW Vista. From our seats we can look directly down the front straight.Originally Posted by sneva33
We have been there since .... 80.....
ZOOOM
Since '74 we have moved to the NW Vista. From our seats we can look directly down the front straight.
We have been there since .... 80.....
ZOOOM
"Doc, just set them fingers sose I can hold the wheel"
James Hurtubise, June, 1964
Along the lines of Indy.. i just received a gift box with a book.. IMS 100 years.. looks GREAT... lots of good pictures! I can't wait to get home and.. make a 4 tire pit stop!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. A few for the holiday
Mario 1987 Indy
Josele Garza 1987 Indy
Jimmy Murphy's 1922 car
This may or may not be the greatest car of all time but it no doubt carried one of the greatest drivers of all time
.....'Won't argue with you a bit on this one, sneva33. 'Like the Mad Russian's son said in an interview years later, "My Dad shoulda' had four-in-a-row." ......'But, of course like the old saying: 'If my aunt only had a "set," she'd be my uncle.'
This was the most dominating car that I have witnessed in the 26 Indy 500's I have attended. That car was on rails!MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. A few for the holiday
Mario 1987 Indy
That shot of Mario's car is absolutely amazing. Great work.
O-Qua Tangin Wann
Qua Omsa Lagee Wann
The Penske Panzers in 1994 were in the same league
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security
Not a bad record for a car that only ran three times... That old 99 next to it ran forever!This may or may not be the greatest car of all time but it no doubt carried one of the greatest drivers of all time
ZOOOM
Actually, the car ran at a few other tracks as well. Vukovich ran at Raleigh, North Carolina on pavement in the car in 1952 and finished last after the brakes went out. He also attempted to qualify the car on the dirt at Springfield that year as well but wasn't fast enough to make the field. And he also ran it in one of the invitational events at the Chrysler Proving Grounds where the car ran its fastest laps ever. I believe this was in either 1953 or 1954 and Vukovich turned 175+ MPH laps. Someone here will know for sure.
Last edited by indyrjc; 12-25-2009 at 04:14 PM.
I'm on the road, so don't have my Wallen handy, but Mcgrath and Ruttman were faster in the 170's, Vuky high 160's, Bryan 164ish in his dirt car.
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1954
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting
"...holy $^!+...what a ride!"
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Thanks, Jim. And I want to say that George Connor was over 180 MPH in one of the Chrysler stock block Kurtis roadsters. Do you know anything about this?
This may or may not be the greatest car of all time but it no doubt carried one of the greatest drivers of all time
This has been my son's favorite car in the museum since the first time he stepped foot inside at the age of 4. This was before he even knew the history behind it. We bought the #26 version from Carausel as a Christmas gift for him. He opened it last night and has spent most of the past 24 hours going over every detail. He even said it was a cooler gift than the PS3!!
Guess I'm doing something right!
To a New Yorker like yourself, a hero is some type of weird sandwich. Not some nut who takes on three Tigers!
I've never heard of this event before. Can you provide more details?
Chrysler opened their new proving ground in 1954. To show it off they had a match "race" for McGrath, Vuky, Bryan and Ruttman.
The world's closed ourse record was 148 and change.
All raced their Indy roadsters except Bryan in the upright dirt car.
McGrath, using Nitro (as was his habit) ran fastest at just over 179.
Apparently it wasn't a sanctioned event because the closed course record was set later in 1957 at Monza, by Tony Bettenhausen in the Novi, at 177 and change.
It was that record, at Monza, that Bill France put $10,000.00 bounty on at Daytona. It was to cost one driver dearly.
ZOOOM
Thanks Indyrjc.. I misremembered that. Just the THOUGHT of the little roadster on dirt creeps me out!
ZOOOM
Just a brief note to publicly thank Calhoun for making the effort to look back through his archives, and sharing a photo I had been hoping to get my hands on. That was a stroke of luck for me and a generous gesture on your part, and I sincerely thank you for it!
Andy Bernstein
According to this excerpt from Automobile Quarterly Sam Hanks went 182.554 MPH at the Chrysler track in the Firestone test car. This was a couple of weeks after the 1954 exhibition that you described. I was apparently mixed up in some of my earlier posts. It happens....
http://books.google.com/books?id=duN...rounds&f=false
And you prolly spelled something wrong too!According to this excerpt from Automobile Quarterly Sam Hanks went 182.554 MPH at the Chrysler track in the Firestone test car. This was a couple of weeks after the 1954 exhibition that you described. I was apparently mixed up in some of my earlier posts. It happens....
ZOOOM
I have the Carousel #26 as well.
It's the favorite of one of my Grandsons.
"We are all speeding toward our deaths at 60 minutes an hour." Sid Collins on Race Day, 1964
Heimrath and Rahal Indy 1989
Jeff Andretti Indy 1993
Villeneuve Phoenix 1995
John Andretti Indy 1993
Davy Jones Indy 1993
Mansell Indy 1993
Mario Indy 1993 and Phoenix 1995
Unser Phoenix 1995
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