Indycaver (Norm)'s photos with the keyword: Indy

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all are having a great holiday! I'm here off and on and I will catch up with everyone later!

One of five cars Studebaker fielded that year. 3rd place finish.

The Golden Submarine was an early twentieth century streamlined race car designed and built in 1917 by Fred Offenhauser and Harry A. Miller for Barney Oldfield. AutoWeek said that the vehicle brought Miller "nationwide prominence as a race-car builder" High Bid of $ 18,000 Four-cylinder engine Twin carburetors Built by Charles Glick Concealed headlights Bucket-style seats Chrome wire wheels Polished aluminum radiator shell Moto-meter Leather hood straps Single center exhaust Racing great Barney Oldfield commissioned the construction of the original Golden Submarine by engineer extraordinaire, Harry Miller in 1917. With the late-1990s, Charles Glick became involved with building cars for the Great Race. As luck would have it, he met Dale Bell, a Great Race competitor, who later commissioned Mr. Glick to build this Golden Submarine replica. It incorporates an inline four-cylinder engine with twin carburetors. Glick made modifications such as concealed headlights and turn signals and added cockpit insulation. There is a single door on the right side of the car, offset bucket-style seating for two, the famous golden finish, along with chrome wire wheels, polished aluminum radiator shell, moto-meter, leather hood straps, knock-off hubs and wire mesh in the majority of windows.

Edward Julius Sachs, Jr, (May 28, 1927 – May 30, 1964) was a United States Auto Club driver who was known as the "Clown Prince of Auto Racing." He coined the phrase "If you can't win, be spectacular." Sachs and sports car driver Dave MacDonald, a 500 rookie, were killed in a fiery crash involving seven cars on the second lap of the 1964 Indianapolis 500. MacDonald was driving a car owned and designed by Mickey Thompson, the #83 "Sears-Allstate Special".[1] Thompson had requested USAC officials to visit his shop in California to inspect the car while it was under construction, so that he would not invest money in the car if there was a chance that it would be disqualified at the Speedway. USAC accepted the request and passed the car with its ground effects package. By the time the car reached the Speedway in May USAC had changed their mind and failed it. Working in the cramped spaces of the garage area Thompson and crew practically rebuilt the car to meet the new USAC specs. These changes, removal of the fenders, changing to larger tires and increasing the height from two inches to four made the cars very unstable.[2] Graham Hill tested the vehicle before Indy, but refused to drive it in 1963. Masten Gregory crashed earlier in the month due to aerodynamic lift. Other drivers took the advice of Gregory, and stayed away from the Thompson cars. Before the race, Gregory approached Formula One driver Jack Brabham, who was alongside MacDonald on the grid, and urged Brabham to allow the rookie a lot of room. Brabham credited Gregory's advice with saving his life.

My youngest got her first ride in an Indycar yesterday.

Built by Andy Granatelli this car led 171 laps before having gearbox failure. It eventually finished sixth. They changed the rules for 1968 which eliminated the car from competing again. jalopnik.com/cars/jonesing-for-turbine-cars/silent-sam-tu... A few years later I watched them sell Andy Granatelli's turbine powered Corvette at the Kruse Auction in Auburn, Indiana. It sounded like a jet airplane when they fired it up.

Parked in front of the Indy 500 Garages.