Hey Page Updated, Missing From The Hall of Fame

[Dick Ralstin]

Hey, more proof some of the best didn't get their face put on the Borg Warner, or make it to the Hall of Fame.



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Dick Ralstin www.dickralstin.com

[Eagle104]

Thanx A Million, Dick.

Man, those guys had to be among the bravest ever. Those kinds of speeds in those kinds of cars on those kinds of tires on those kinds of tracks.....incredible!

Thanks also to Stormy Ralstin, IMS and Dick Wallen.

[Dick Ralstin]

Hey Eagle,

Next time you stand in the lobby of the Speedway Motel and look at that beautiful little black Miller just try to imagine going 148 mph.

There's another customer for Omar the Tent Maker's world famous jock straps.



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Dick Ralstin www.dickralstin.com

[Eagle104]

Dick, I've honestly done just that, and have come away thinking that if I didn't read of these exploits, by people I trust like you, I'd never believe it! Truly amazing.

[cornutt]

Originally posted by Dick Ralstin:
Hey, more proof some of the best didn't get their face put on the Borg Warner, or make it to the Hall of Fame.

Dick: Thanks for the story on Leon Duray. For a guy with two Indy poles and five front-row starts, there's remarkably little written about him. He sure had rotten luck at Indy. Kind of the Lloyd Ruby of his day.

I was going through some books last night and I see that, after he retired from driving, Duray did briefly have a good career as a car owner. His Miller finished 2nd at Indy two years in a row, in 1933 with Wilbur Shaw and in 1934 with Mauri Rose, so he helped two future legends get started at Indy.

Then came 1935. Rookie Johnny Hannon, in Duray's Miller, crashed and was killed on his first-ever lap at speed at Indy. The car was rebuilt and Clay Weatherly assigned, but in the race it crashed again and this time Weatherly was killed. Two deaths in the same car in the same year. After that I'd probably get a bit discouraged too. It looks like Duray stayed in the car-owner game until the war, but never logged a good finish at Indy again.

Again, thanks.