Semi official cool old Indy car pics thread

**ZOOOM** · 03-13-2010 01:46 PM

Things found while looking for other things....
Indy 1965
Foyt, Clark, Gurney, Mario, Parnelli....
Finishing order was Clark, Parnelli and Mario...

I haddn't graduated to color film yet.

ZOOOM

**KevMcNJ** · 03-13-2010 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by ZOOOM

Things found while looking for other things....
Indy 1965
Foyt, Clark, Gurney, Mario, Parnelli....
Finishing order was Clark, Parnelli and Mario...

I haddn't graduated to color film yet.

ZOOOM

good pic.
theyre all good so far but I like this one alot.
I wasnt even two weeks old on this day

**indyrjc** · 03-14-2010 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by ZOOOM

Great photo! You can just see about half of Parnelli's Lotus in the second row. One of the more interesting things about the Agajanian strategy that year was an emphasis on fuel mileage. To that end they ran a mixture of gasoline and methanol in their Ford. But they just weren't fast enough to stay with Clark as it turned out and they managed to run out of fuel just after Jones took the checkered flag in second place.

BTW, ZOOOOM, just where was this photo taken from? I can't quite figure which grandstand. Maybe J Stand??? Thanks again.

**cbreez99** · 03-14-2010 04:32 PM

Clark was just awesome that day. Great memories. It was a wonderful race experience for me. All of the build up for Jim Clark the previous two years was really put together this day as he spanked everybody.

Thanks for this photo.

**Saw150** · 03-18-2010 07:22 AM

Another one for my slideshow from ZOOOM!

In the PJ to be honored at LBGP thread I picked PJ, Mario, and Jimmy Clark as my "front row".

That translates to the rest of the worlds tracks and series I've witnessed.

Funny thing I would go AJ and Dan Gurney...next in the order.

They are all in that one picture...what a year!...what a decade!

If there wasn't 400,000 there that day...it sure seemed like it.

Those 255 Fords in the latest RE cars were the baddest racers EVER

Get outta their way!!!

ZOOOM I need pics of '66 PJ SC Offy...WHAT A ROCKET!

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**mwphoto** · 03-18-2010 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by Rick Mears 500

doe's anyone have pics of Steve Saleen's 1989 Montgomery Ward's car?

From the streets of Detroit in 1989

**ZOOOM** · 03-18-2010 07:36 PM

Geez.... Saleen has his had over his eyes in the upper picture!

maybr he can only see out of his left eye...

ZOOOM

**DaveL** · 03-18-2010 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by ZOOOM

Geez.... Saleen has his had over his eyes in the upper picture!

maybr he can only see out of his left eye...

He was probably reaching for a tear-off.

I'd venture to guess those could be the only pictures of Steve Saleen "in action". It takes hard core fans like ourselves to ID what amounts to an obscure footnote in the history of the sport.

**Calhoun** · 03-18-2010 08:49 PM

I think this goes against the spirit and intent of this thread. It's supposed to be photos you took yourself.

But I've been asked to post these, so without further ado:

**Rick Mears 500** · 03-19-2010 05:48 PM

great photo's. Hey Mark I think i saw ur photo's on smugmugg...

Originally Posted by mwphoto

From the streets of Detroit in 1989

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 02:52 PM

Al Jr Road Am. 1995

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 02:55 PM

Mario 1987 Mid Ohio

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 02:57 PM

Danny Sullivan 1987 Mid Ohio

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 03:00 PM

Paul Tracy 1995 Indy

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 03:01 PM

Paul Tracy 1995 Indy

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 03:02 PM

Stan Fox 1995 Indy

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 03:04 PM

John Paul Jr. 1984 Mich

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 03:06 PM

Ed Pimm Cleveland 1986

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 03:08 PM

Cogan, Arie and Moreno Cleveland 1986

**sneva33** · 03-20-2010 03:09 PM

Bobby Rahal Cleveland 1986

**ZOOOM** · 03-24-2010 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Ovalmeister

Another Ongais and the Batmobile, sorry about the fence, lol.

David.

Am I correct that the "Batmobile" was so wide and flat at the back because it was originally designed to house the flat six Porsche engine?
ZOOOM

**BSJracing** · 03-25-2010 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by ZOOOM

Am I correct that the "Batmobile" was so wide and flat at the back because it was originally designed to house the flat six Porsche engine?
ZOOOM

yes...it was.

**kevin99** · 03-26-2010 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by Calhoun

I think this goes against the spirit and intent of this thread. It's supposed to be photos you took yourself.

But I've been asked to post these, so without further ado:

Parnelli was the greatest, and this car was very under rated.

IF he had had a better crew in 1966 this would have been the car to take him to another win.

IF he had went ahead a drove this car at Milwaukee after the 500 (he was entered but had Dick Atkins drive the car) he would have been a frontrunner.

Of course Parnelli did drive it at Phoenix after Atkin's death, leading a large portion of the race before crashing.

**marc sproule** · 03-27-2010 11:27 PM

Newbie to the forum, but definitely not to the Indy car world. Went to my first champ car race in '76...Phoenix. I was pretty involved with the Atlantic series at the time but eventually ended up spending a lot of time in the CART world, both as photog and and eventually as a writer.

Took my first racing pics in '74 and when I stopped in '97 I had amassed roughly 75K images in my archives. Was recently given a scanner to use and shortly thereafter started a photostream on Flickr. Slowly working my way through them but have barely scratched the surface. As of this writing I have 600 images up.

Here's the link to my Indy car images.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4668198...7623324227456/

and the overall photostream....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46681980@N03

I'm trying to add on a daily basis so stay tuned, I have a LOT of champ car stuff to add to the mix.

Comments, questions and requests are welcome.

thanks

ms

**Turn13** · 03-28-2010 06:05 AM

Welcome aboard, marc

**ZOOOM** · 03-28-2010 07:51 AM

GREAT stuff, Marc...
Hope to see many more!
ZOOOM

**marc sproule** · 03-28-2010 10:57 AM

Thank you. I'm glad I found TF.

I started scanning stuff in late Jan. and have to admit I get sidetracked on a regular basis because I start reminiscing about how fortunate I was to have been where I was when I was.

Brings back a lot of very fond memories.

As I said, I've just begun on this project. All I need now is a few more hours in the day so I can get to as much as I would like to.

So if any of you have a few hours laying around you're not using, please feel free to send them to me.

Thanks again.

**Rick Mears 500** · 03-28-2010 03:59 PM

Thanks for the great pics Marc, looks like ur a fan of Team Penske just like me. Welcome to the forum. Go Rick 4ever...

Originally Posted by marc sproule

Newbie to the forum, but definitely not to the Indy car world. Went to my first champ car race in '76...Phoenix. I was pretty involved with the Atlantic series at the time but eventually ended up spending a lot of time in the CART world, both as photog and and eventually as a writer.

Took my first racing pics in '74 and when I stopped in '97 I had amassed roughly 75K images in my archives. Was recently given a scanner to use and shortly thereafter started a photostream on Flickr. Slowly working my way through them but have barely scratched the surface. As of this writing I have 600 images up.

Here's the link to my Indy car images.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4668198...7623324227456/

and the overall photostream....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46681980@N03

I'm trying to add on a daily basis so stay tuned, I have a LOT of champ car stuff to add to the mix.

Comments, questions and requests are welcome.

thanks

ms

**LittleFauss** · 03-28-2010 04:13 PM

.....'Marc Sproule, 'Thank you, Sir, for your unbelievably brilliant and spectacular photos. We all love the CART photos but also really liked the F1 Long Beach of James, Gilles, Regga and everyone. And also, there can never be too many pics of the woman that needs no introduction.....LINDA!

**marc sproule** · 03-28-2010 04:51 PM

Little Fauss: It appears that you, like many others, are just a disgusting prevert. Pix of Linda get a lot of hits for some reason. Can't for the life of me figure it out.

Gonna be interesting to see what happens when I find the neg of Linda and her mom at Phoenix in 76 and get that image uploaded.

I was fortunate to get to know LInda a bit. She really is a sweetheart.

As for so many Penske pics....recently put together a bunch of images to send to Vintage Motorsport to help illustrate an upcoming piece on Danny.

As I've said elsewhere, I just scratched the surface of my archives. 'Tis a lot of fun being able to share them with those who appreciate them.

I have LOTS from LB so those will be appearing.

There will be plenty of additions to the other sets too.

Stay tuned.

In the meantime this left coaster is gonna jump on his bike and head out to the bike path on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. Gotta see if I can run down some unsuspecting tourists!!

Thanks again for the comments.