Bumping this back to the top. Also, I found this on another forum and thought as a bonus to see if anybody can identify the people in the photo.
Zoomie, if you're out there, I hope you don't mind and thanks for those great old photos. :) :up:
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Bumping this back to the top. Also, I found this on another forum and thought as a bonus to see if anybody can identify the people in the photo.
Zoomie, if you're out there, I hope you don't mind and thanks for those great old photos. :) :up:
Just finished up a project and see there was no takers on this. So I will give it a try. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexamateo
Drivers- A.J. Foyt Jr. and Roger Ward
Cars- Watson-Offy Roadster and Watson-Offy Rear Engine.
Year- 1964
Track- Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The people photo "bonus":
Looks like one of the Mickey Thompson "skate" cars with the Buick or Chevy motor...
I am going to guess it is Indy in 1963 and the kid in the car is Pancho Carter and one of the other guy is Duane Carter. Probably Mickey Thompson and I wonder if the mechanic is Grant King (don't even know if he worked oon those cars - just a hunch...).....
Everything is right except the track.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenixent
Chris, You're correct, that is indeed a young Pancho Carter sitting in his dad's Mickey Thompson built rear engine cars in 1963. The mechanic in the photo is not identified, so I don't know who that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris R
TrentonQuote:
Originally Posted by Alexamateo
Some more info on the photo from another forum:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris R
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I found out from a person more intelligent than me that the guy who Duane has his arm around in the light colored sweater is Billy Krause.
Excerpt from an interesting interview with Krause:
THE BILL KRAUSE INTERVIEW by Willem Oosthoek
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WO: After Daytona 1963 Chevrolet closed the door but you still had Mickey’s Indianapolis program.
BK: The Indy cars constructed by Mickey had those little controversial 12 inch wheels and we tested them at a Firestone test track in Texas, a 7-mile oval in the middle of the desert. But that track did not offer enough high friction so we couldn’t find out much about the adhesion and handling characteristics of those tires. Firestone was nervous about their use and made real hard rubber compounds for them. It showed! When they let go during practice at Indy there was no warning. When I spun the car I had no clue. It was just gone, lost traction. Usually you have a little warning. It was zero. I was straight and I was sideways. I spun in turn 1 and ended up in turn 2, never touching the brakes. And I would not have hit anything if Roger McCluskey’s roadster hadn’t run into me.
WO: Nobody could qualify those cars. Graham Hill couldn’t. Masten Gregory couldn’t.
BK: Well actually Duane Carter did. But there was too much confusion in the team. Mickey had 6 cars entered. Three days in a row, when I was doing 200 mph on the back straightaway, the hot oil would come out and the wind would blow it in my face and goggles. I lost confidence. I didn’t feel comfortable. I probably could have qualified the car but I couldn’t have driven it with 32 other guys because I couldn’t tell where it was going. So I decided to pack up and go home to California. At that point I decided I should stick with making a living and pursue my business interests. I had lost my motivation. Indy changed my attitude. I did race after that but it was never the same.
Phoenix, It's Milwaukee. I had cropped the original down and if you could see it, you'd recognize it as Milwaukee. Why don't you go ahead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenixent
Thanks AM. :up: Didn't know that The Mile looked so green in the corners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexamateo
New photo coming up.
Driver, Car, Year, & Track
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