I wonder if that hatchet's been buried? Both were interviewed together on the Bahrain grid by BBC, they seemed to be quite affable with each other.
I wonder if that hatchet's been buried? Both were interviewed together on the Bahrain grid by BBC, they seemed to be quite affable with each other.
"An emphasis was placed on drivers with road racing backgrounds which meant drivers from open wheel, oval track racing were at a disadvantage. That led Tony George to create the IRL." -Indy Review 1996
I've never heard that theory.Originally Posted by Hornish4
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The theory sounds plausible, but I do not ever remember hearing this.
God speed!
Could be. But I believe that both cars could have made it to the finish on the remaining fuel if they went to a conserve mode. Fittipaldi had last pitted on lap 165 and Unser on lap 168. The cars carried 40 gallons of methanol back then so it was at least possible for Fittipaldi to get to the end if he managed to get mileage in the low to mid 2 MPG range. Even more true for Unser. At any rate it no longer mattered once Emmo crashed on lap 184 because fuel mileage basically doubled under the yellow flag for Unser. And Stan Fox brought out another yellow before the finish so Al Jr. was home free. BTW, this was classic Roger Penske race management. He often has all of his cars on slightly different pit strategies so that no matter what the yellow situation turns out to be he has at least one car in position to take advantage of the situation.
The only time I remember a Menard V6 finishing the 500 was when Luyendyk finished in 95, I think he passed Villenueve right at the finish to get a lap back...Come on, I know those Menard Buicks had their issues, but they usually lasted longer than that....
Didn't Big Al finish 200 laps driving for Menard in 1992? Thought he was the first to complete the race with the Buick
Roberto Guerrero 1992. I was at the track the practice day when he first surpassed 230mph. I believe he was the only car to qualify over 230 for the race. Unfortunately he was the first of many cars crashing on cold tires that frigid race day.
Mario Andretti 1992.
Bobby Rahal 1992.
Yes Al sr. finished 2rd in 1992 in the Menard Conseco Buick that was Nelson Piquet's car up until his accident and injury.
Yep. My source is an Indy winning Penske former chief mech.
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wrong, 3rd. little al won scott goodyear finished second that year. dang was it cold that year.
Yes he did finish 3rd not 2nd. My still shivering fingers hit the wrong button.
You are correct. I have no idea why I put 2nd.
And the guy Scott Goodyear was chasing in '92.... Al Unser jr.
The Galmers were beautiful cars but at Indy in 1992 they were sleds. I sit on practice days in the south chute and we watched Al jr sliding toward the wall all month. I've said ever since that race that part of the reason Lil' Al won is he had a month of practice keeping the car off of the wall.
Danny Sullivan in the other Galmer, This was a beautiful car!
Gary Bettenhausen from 1992. He was another victim of the cold race day, crashing on lap 152.
Gary Bettenhausen from 1992. He was another victim of the cold race day, crashing on lap 152.
Gary hit one of Jeff Andretti's wheels after Jeff lost one and wrecked.
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A good trivia question is, what drivers wore this helmet design? Most get the Andretti family, Mario, Michael, and Jeff, (Marco's is similar but blue and not the deep red), but few remember that this design is from the mid 70's when Mario drove for Parnelli in the Viceroy cars. Al Unser Sr. had the same helmet design, except his helmet's base color was white and Mario silver.Coolest helmet EVER!
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I never understand why Bobby Unser and Foyt get a pass on this, but Emmo is an "ingrate".
They all three did the same thing, yet, Emmo is an "ingrate".
Oh wait, Emmo's was on tv, that's the difference.
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That 92 Sullivan car was a beauty but my favorite of all time is the 1988-1989 Miller High Life paint job. Specificaly the PC18 Chevy Indy V8 car because it had the red #1 on it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKkLAWADrZo
Great video of Jackie Stewart testing Rick's 1988 PC17 at Mid Ohio. Quick question, doe's anyone know during the CART era, how many current chassis would a typical team have in the shop during the season? I mean I know top NASCAR teams would have up to 10 cars in house for all the different courses but they also used their cars in consecutive seasons unlike CART where new chassis & engine packages were comming out every year.
The site's caption says this is Big Al and it's obviously Pike's Peak. Can anybody give us any more info?
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Not an Indy car but the connections should be obvious:
Brands Hatch '78
I think one of the NASCAR teams (now defunct) had close to 30 cars. I believe it was Behari Racing and I think that's where Michael Waltrip was when he drove the yellow Pennzoil Pontiac. The CoT was supposed to cut down on the number of cars that teams had. I would suspect that these days the number is closer to the 10 that you mention.
If it was a two car team, they'd have four or five cars: Each driver had two cars. Which car was the primary and which was the back up depended on the race weekend. The fifth car was a test mule used by both drivers, but only the bigger teams had the extra car.
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