Stan Fox and Lee Kunzman.
Stan Fox and Lee Kunzman.
God speed!
In Gordon White's book on the Offy he says that the first Miller design was a copy of another engine that was brought to the shop for repair.Originally Posted by ZOOOM
many years from now we'll find out that the original otto cylcle engine was built by Otto Von Yunick in a cave in 10,000 bc.. or was it Al Gore?
RIPJovey Marcello a day or two before his fatal crash at Indy.
I was at fast Friday and was right behind Smiley's pits. He got out of the car after some hot laps and everyone was smiling and joking around - including Smiley. He had less than 24 hours to live...
Peugeot?
My point was that those races were finishes and not engine failures. You made it sound like the aluminum Pontiac never lasted.
All but one of them from Riverside in '83. Couldn't resist throwing in the one of Kneifel napping on a stack of tires at Phoenix that year.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46681980@N03/
The '84 version with the Pontiac was more reliable than the Chevy's, so in that respect I exaggerated and am willing to acknowledge this. The lack of reliability on the part of the Chevy's in the earlier models cannot be disputed. Additionally, it cannot be argued that on ovals the '84 car was anything but a dog sled and there was no immediate hope that it was going to get any better.
As I wrote before, the car may have looked pretty and sounded great but save for a brief moment at Long Beach when Chandler got up to second place, by '84 it was no threat to the Cosworth powered March and Lolas.
The Ayn Rand of Indycar
No one had to badge the Offy.
Old school! Both Stan Fox and Lee Kunzman. I had an admiration for Lee Kunzman as a driver, and even more so running Hemelgarn racing. Where was the horrific crash that Kunzman survived that basically ended his racing career?Stan Fox and Lee Kunzman.
By the way, this is one of my favorite photos that I have taken. It has plenty of emotion, depicting the close relationship of a former driver with the driver. It depicts a sense of focus or intensity on Kunzman's face.
Lee survived two horrific crashes that would've killed a lesser man, and still came back to race! Burned and broke his neck at Odessa in 1970, then went into a coma following a testing crash at Ontario in '73. He was a heck of a driver, too bad the accidents blunted his edge.
It was a development of the same engine; just rebadged...
.....'flatlander, your mention of Peugeot probably went in one ear and out the other of most. I agree with you that the French engine was generally regarded as the prerunner to all overhead-cam, multi-valve engine designs of the 20th century. Even preceding Alfa Romeo, who was close behind. So, thanks for that.
.....'And MichaelFerner's comments about Lee Kunzman: 'very accurate. That December of 1973, both Kunzman in Bob Fletcher's Cobre Tire Team and Mario Andretti in the Vel's Parnelli Viceroy, both had big accidents tire testing at Ontario. Andretti received a concussion, and luckless Kunzman, the before-mentioned coma. 'Too bad for such a dedicated racer.
Sort of used to that in these parts.
Anyway, I've always though it was funny that they sometimes refer to a Peugeot in the UK as a Pug...
Kevin Cogan 1989 March. Wasn't this a different March chassis than the 1989 Porsche March that Teo drove, but yet both were new chassis' in '89?
Man, that car didn't look half bad before Cogan wrapped it around the front stretch pit wall... Love that Schaefer Beer logo on the engine cover...Kevin Cogan 1989 March. Wasn't this a different March chassis than the 1989 Porsche March that Teo drove, but yet both were new chassis' in '89?
I thought it was essentially the same design, but done to accommodate the Porsche engine.
Flatlander I think these photos show the difference between the two '89 March chassis'
Kevin Cogan 1989 March. Wasn't this a different March chassis than the 1989 Porsche March that Teo drove, but yet both were new chassis' in '89?
I see slight differences around the cockpit, the shape of the sidepods ahead of the rear wheels, the rear wing support and the nose cone. However, the sidepod shaping, the rear wing support and the nose cone don't necessarily have anything to do with the tub. The shaping around the cockpit is a maybe.
I'd assume that in most respects they are the same chassis, but the cockpit area, especially ahead of the cockpit is quite different. The Fabi car it looks more bulbous before sloping toward the nose piece. Obviously the cockpit layout is different. In the Cogan car has a windscreen that cuts into the side and front of the tub. This makes me wonder about the front suspension mounting points. It seems that they must be lower on the Cogan car because of how low the windscreen bodywork goes.
The Porsche was probably a lower center of gravity engine and a lower rear cowling is possibly affecting how the front side of the car is perceived or sculpted.
One point about the nose cone:
Note where the leading edge of the front wing is with respect to the tip of the nose. Assuming that the wings for both cars are the same distance from the front axle centerline, then the Quaker State car has a much shorter nose. In part, this could account for the the more rounded profile of the nose. However, it could also be as you said but we would need the 3/4 photo of Cogan's car to be sure.
Also, it's a good thing that they have spotters because those mirrors aren't going to tell you much.
They didn't have spotters when Cogan and Fabi were racing. That came later. It's amazing that racing survived all of those years without spotters.
They didn't have spotters when Cogan and Fabi were racing. That came later. It's amazing that racing survived all of those years without spotters.
Or wings and gimmicks.
How did racing survive at all before 1972.
"You just don't know what Indy Means" Al Unser Jr.
Thing is, folks who progressed through sprint cars, midgets, etc. had no history with mirrors. Conversely, road racing guys did. Over the years I've seen lots of folks get pinched into the wall when they tried an outside pass on a short track. Nothing is perfect...
However, those mirrors were a joke. I don't think they covered half of your palm...
Actually they don't.
March did not sell customer chassis in '89. March only produced custom chassis for Porsche and Alfa Romeo and '89. Ditto 1990.
The car Cogan drove was an '88 model.
From the MARCH site:
87C, Indy car, for Cosworth engines, 33 built
88C, Indy car, for Porsche, Illmor, Cosworth engines, 20 built
89P, Indy car, for Porsche engines, 4 built
89C/89CE, Indy car, for Alfa Romeo (originally intended for Ferrari engines), 2 built
90C, Indy car, did not race, no other information
90P, Indy car, for Porsche engines, last MARCH to win a major race, no other information
Some b&w stuff from Phoenix '77, including one for all you LInda Vaughn fans...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46681980@N03/
And here's one of Teo in the 89P....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46681980@N03/4397705768
And one of him in the 90P......
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46681980@N03/4452270506
I have more of the "Ps" that I will upload at some point in the future.
That photo explains a lot...
Linda Vaughn and her mom
are you thinking the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree?
Dave, here are two examples of the 88 Narch chassis. I believe that you are right and this is why I posted my initial question about the number of versions of the '89 March. I lost a year, forgetting that March came back in '88 with a better car than what they produced in '87. The 1987 March did not adapt well to the radial tires if I remember correctly and at Indy only a few teams seemed to get a handle on the set-up. There were numerous crashes. Al Unser won Indy in the '86 version in 1987 which was a great car, aside from all the feet and leg injuries.
Here is my photo for a better comparison of what Cogan ran in 89 compared to '88. There are some structural differences between the two cars. They might not be the same.
are you thinking the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree?
I am saying that it must have been cold that day.
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