Penske have replica of this car in his museum in Scottsdale, Arizona. The original does not exist any more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenixent
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4637/whomj4.jpg
Usual questions.
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Penske have replica of this car in his museum in Scottsdale, Arizona. The original does not exist any more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenixent
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4637/whomj4.jpg
Usual questions.
looks like Michael Chandler in a Rattlesnake - I'll guess 1982 at Indy
Almost, it`s not Indy...
How about chandler at MIS in 1983 in a Rattlesnake?
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Originally Posted by Chris R
ok, this is the first picture I am going to try to post from my iMac so hopefully this goes well..... file name is a bit of a give away - but you'll have to figure out the rest for yourself ;)
Henry Banks
Maserati-Offenhauser
IMS
1950
Danny Oakes
Ferrari 375
Indy 500
1952
I found this on the 'net...
Four Ferrari 375 cars at Indy in 1952
Serial No. 1. Race #12, Ascari's factory car, only one to qualify. Retired 40th lap - collapsed wheel. Running 12th at time.
No 2. Race #6. Grant Piston Ring. Red. When Gerry Grant and his driver Johnnie Parsons went to Italy to see how the car was coming, they ended up making a deal for Parsons to run several European (probably mostly non-Champ) Grands Prix in a Ferrari 500 FII. At Indy they felt they didn't get any attention from the Italians, and Parsons bailed to an Offy. Grant announced that the Euro deal was off. Danny Oakes couldn't get it up to speed either and the car DNQ.
No. 3. Race #3. Johnny Mauro's car with Kennedy Tank sponsorship. White. Mauro really wanted the car for the Pike's Peak hillclimb and treated Indy as a lark, showing off his toy to his buddies. He never got near qualifying speed. He later crashed the car at a race in Denver, and when it returned from being repaired in Italy, it was painted in the blue that Chinetti usually used. Mauro had not told the factory to change the color. Now in the Indy Museum painted as the Ascari car (pity the poor historian).
No. 4. Race #38. Howard Keck. Mobil Oil sponsorship. Intended for Bobby Ball but Ball also bailed for an Offy. Frank Coon had gone to Italy to learn how to work on the car and had accompanied it on the boat from Italy. At Indy, Coon and Jim Travers were too busy working on Vuky's Kurtis-Offy, also entered by Keck, to get the Ferrari up to speed. They replaced the Webers with a Hilbourn fuel injection system, but it didn't do any good. A DNQ. Owned by Keck until the mid 1990s when it was sold to Barrett-Jackson who performed a cosmetic "restoration" and destroyed all the original finishes.
SoCalPVguy,
You more or less have it - great research!!!... The caption I found with this photo claims it is Johnnie Parsons in the car (would be early in the month) - but I am not sure it is not Oakes....
Your turn!! :D
Chris, thanks, the article I found said Oakes tried to qualify and did not succeed, although it didn't mention if Parsons ever tried to drive it at all. I was born after that I and don't know what either of those guys looked like either... so it could be either...
Let me try to find something "good" for you guys.