Name that Car 2

Alex, you and me both - AJ was my racing hero when I was growing up - but he was already past his prime...

I am not sure I even saw him win a race on TV. I do rember being pretty pumped about his start at Indy in 1981 and the first couple of "real" laps of the 1982 race after he beat his car with a hammer and led the race on the shear power of anger.... I think the start of the 1982 race really showed me the extent of his talent/determination even if it was a short lived incident...

I saw him race at the Meadowlands in 1984 and Portland in 1990 - but it was actually kind of sad by that point....

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Originally Posted by Chris R

ok - here's hte next one - I jsut have to hope I can rememberthe details!!! :D it has been sitting on my computer for a while....

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It looks like Dan Gurney in the Lotus Ford #91, and Rodger Ward in the Watson RE Ford, but I cannot find any record of those two cars being on the same track at the same time.

Nope, not Ward, or a Watson - a little later than that.... I do not think the otehr driver is Gurney either

Drivers- Car #1 Mario Andretti and Car #91 Mike Mosley
Year- 1967
Car- Car #1 Brawner Hawk-Ford and Car #91 Watson-Ford
Track- Trenton

I gotta say guys , I shouldn't have posted this one because I have totally lost my source for it!!

I think it is 1966 (the 1967 Brawner had little winglets on the nose) and the best I can figure it Phoenix in the Fall and that is Bobby Unser in a Gerhardt-Ford next to Mario...

If someone can re-verify for me that would be cool - sorry for the faux-pas!! :(

Anyhow, since Phoenix got in the ballpark you are up!!

Driver, Car, & Year

:) Looks can be deceiving. :)

http://shutter13.pictures.aol.com/da...0lfUDP0190.jpg

1980
Penske PC-9
Mario Andretti

Maybe?

It looks like a Phoenix or Wildcat (same car??) - In MArio Andretti's 1980 colors - maybe it was in late 1980 when he was switching to Patrick....

Cool photo!

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Originally Posted by Chris R

It looks like a Phoenix or Wildcat (same car??) - In MArio Andretti's 1980 colors - maybe it was in late 1980 when he was switching to Patrick....

Cool photo!

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You are Correct. :up:

This photo was of the Phoenix which word was made by Williams. Don't know for sure but some one will.

Your Turn.

I just checked the 1980 Indy 500 yearbook - this looks like the car they called a Wildcat PR-001. The Phoenix (or at least what they called a Phoenix at Patrick Racing) looked different - alot like the Longhorn that was supposedly pretty much a Williams FW07....

If I recall correctly, you (Phoenix) said that the 1981 Coyote was actually a re-worked 1980 Wildcat...

There was a lot of car building and badging going on in the early 1980's - can anybody shed any light on the stories behind these cars....

To add my own little story - Tom Sneva did an off-season PR appearance at a local K-Mart in 1981 or 1982 (I am thinking it was before he won the 500 - so winter of 81-82). He had a car there (the first Indycar I ever saw up close) - being the sharp-eyed young fan - I asked him if it was a Phoenix or March (it had a Phoenix nose but somewhere on the car was a March nameplate) - he said it was a Phoenix/March combo that George Bignotti had put together.... maybe it was just a show car... Anyway, he was a real nice guy and very accomodating to all of the young fans there....

I'll have a picture tomorrow....