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  1. 12-11-2003 07:08 PM #1
    KevMcNJ
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    1954 Indy 500 postcards added to my AOL page

    I posted this on the IRL board but maybe some dont visit there too often

    http://groups.aol.com/kevsracingsite

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  2. 12-12-2003 02:05 AM #2
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    really did enjoy seeing those, Kev..thanks. and thanks to your dad, too.

    i'm guessing the Hanks, Rathmann and Ward shots are 1954 issued cards of their '53 entries.

    Ward's is one 'funny' looking car. to me, it looks like it a cross between a Maserati and Blue Crown Spl.

    great shot of Chet Miller from '52.

    very nice color on those cards.

    the last one looks to be from the first year of the 'new' pit/tower -- '57.

    good stuff.........
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  3. 12-12-2003 02:08 AM #3
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    ...very cool Kevin.

    The last photo is my favorite,...but then that shot through the years has always been my favorite.
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  4. 12-12-2003 12:36 PM #4
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    I read that the car Ward was in was a hybred of sorts. A Kurtis-Kraft 4000 chassis with K-K 3000 body work. Also, to me that pace lap photo looks like its from '57. In '54 I'm sure Jack McGrath in the yellow Hinkle roadster was in the front row somewhere, perhaps the pole without going back to check the records.
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