MLV has it - your turn!! "bonus points" if you can name the other tow pretty unique cars in the photo.....
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MLV has it - your turn!! "bonus points" if you can name the other tow pretty unique cars in the photo.....
Jerry Karl and his McLaren M16 based Karl-Chevy & Bill Vukovich` Watson -Offy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris R
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/1752/whoyb4.th.jpg
usual questions
Right on the "bonus" questions... I would love to see some more technical photos of Karl's McLaren conversion - curious a to what he did and how well it worked....
new photo - Tom Sneva. March-Cosworth 1989 Long Beach....
Almost correct Chris - this car was actually Buick engined March86C. Sneva destroyed his original LolaT8800-Buick at Phoenix practice and was forced to start at LB in this 3 years old chassis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris R
PM me you e-mail, perhaps i can find something about Karl-Chevy.
Your turn.
I saw in the results that it was a 86 March - didn't note the engine - I actually spent some time trying to figure out if it was actually a 3 year old car or a mis-print - but I had to actually get back to work!! ;) In those days a car that was more than a season old was pretty "low budget" - hard to believe how much times have changed.....
So I wonder if racing is really that much more expensive now (relatively speaking) and if so why or if sponsorship as that much more valuable then.... I assume it is like any business where indirect costs (insurance, taxes, regulatory compliance etc.) are just blowing profitability out of the water....
anyhow - here is the latest.....
Car: Watson
Eng. Offy
Year: 1961
Site: Indy 500
Driver: The Late Eddie Sachs
Sponsor: Dean VanLines
Qualified on pole, finshed second place.
Fantastic video of the 1972 Indy 500
Link (center of page)
http://www.racingmodels.co.uk/center...118-4373-p.asp
Note th e 'dihedral' wings on the Parnelli, a young Dan Gurney and the late Mark Donahue's victory in the McLaren.
Thanks for the video SoCal! A couple of questions though:Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalPVguy
What is Bobby Unser referring to when he has the "Cool It!" pit board sign?
I know Jerry Grant was penalized for stopping in Unser's pit box and fueling from his rig, Would he have won if not for that penalty?, or Would Donohue have caught him anyway?
I also just want to mention that Gary Bettenhausen dominated the race leading 138 laps in the #7 McLaren only to drop out with 16 laps to go a la the future Michael Andretti. :(
here's a link to the official 1972 field, photo of each car. Note that the dihedral wings never worked well, that video portion must have been from practice. In the race the dihedral wings were gone. I have always though that the 1972 Eagle was one on the most beautiful cars made, although the McLaren was also great, narrower but the side radiators stuck out more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Indianapolis_500http://www.indycar.com/multimedia/ph...ay=40&offset=0
1972: Gary Bettenhausen leads 138 laps until his engine blows on lap 176. Jerry Grant gets the lead but pits for new tires on lap 188 in team mate Bobby Unser’s pit. Bettenhausen’s Penske team mate Mark Donohue wins after leading 13 laps. After a post-race re-examination, scoring is stopped on Grant because of the pit lane violation. Bolt-on wings were allowed for the first time, and during qualifying Bobby Unser runs over 196 mph, breaking the one-year-old track record by over 17 mph. During the race, Wally Dallenbach Sr.'s car catches fire on each of his three refueling stops.
Grant finshed second on the track so the penalty did not cost the win. I assume that Cool it refers to the fact that Unser lead all 30 laps easily until an ignition rotor broke, he was by far the fastest car and would have won easily if it had lasted. This was the year the new sleek wedge shaped wide eagle was introduced and it was light years ahead of the older competition. You can see the difference in the line up photos. Can you imagine a car today with ignition rotors ??? Ancient history.
Thanks, I never realized that Grant was not penalized until after the race was over, so Donohue wins regardless.