Now Wow that is the name out of the past. Came to Indy in 1970 in the #8 Wynn's Agajanian Shrike. Almost scared him to walking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Riebe
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Now Wow that is the name out of the past. Came to Indy in 1970 in the #8 Wynn's Agajanian Shrike. Almost scared him to walking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Riebe
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Nice one Bob. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Riebe
I thought it would take a little longer on this one since he is an unknown.
Your Turn. :)
This car has a more interesting history. As it was built in 1969 and Larry Dickson in the #21 Bryant Heating Cooling started 31st and finished 9th, at the 500. The car got wrecked in the famous first lap crash at Milwaukee that almost wrecked the whole field. It showed again at Kent with John Cannon and finished 5th and 10th. This was Dick Simon's first effort in the leased 1968 #17 All Season Sports sponsored ride but he did not start. Cannon and Simon missed the PIR show by being too slow. At Riverside Simon wrecked after he qualified and Cannon went one lap.
Rolla Vollstedt then sold that car, #21 to Dick Simon and he drove it to 10th in the 1970 points. At Indy in 1971 this was the car qualified by John Mahler and Dick Simon took over and drove due to sponsor commitments. Dick drove the car at Trenton prior as #10 and scored a 7th. Dick drove it at Milwaukee and John Mahler drove at Pocono. That was the last time the car was seen.
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Try this one.
I am going to go with Dick Ferguson at Michigan in 1979 in what is listed as a Spyder-Offy.
The car looks a lot to me like the Fletcher-Eagle that Wayne Leary modified for Bobby Unser driving for Bob Fletcher in 1976....
nice picture......
It is the Fletcher car, 3 years later. Not all records are correct. That car won the PIR Bryan and the Ontario 500 and it has swiggling marks below the number in 1976 and appears that way in this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris R
Car was copper.
OK, now this is why finding photos is hard as Spyder is correct, BUT driver is wrong and who built the car?
THe source is not one hundred percent sure, but I am going with what they think this is the original, so builder is a must.
There is a better early original.picture but it cannot be transferred.
Think 1974, NOt the year of this picture.
Give me driver of this picture and original builder in 1974.
Bob Frey as the driver? (I guess that would be Pocono in 1980 then)
Car was originally an Eagle in 1974 as far as I know.....
This is on the assumption from the source that it is the same Spyder, it was not made FROM anything, which why the builder must be listed.
Wrong driver, picture from very important track, car may not have started.
Frank Fiore, a United Airlines machinist built the original Spyder in 1974 - but judging from this picture, I think the photo is probably mis-labelled.....
http://www.sherline.com/tourpics/asbydept.jpg