Posted by Buzzman72 on May 27, 2012 at 09:21:08 from (74.129.196.127):
In Reply to: Indy 500 posted by John T on May 27, 2012 at 04:58:34:
John, my folks used to have box seats at Indy, before "us kids" came along, starting in '52. We always listened to the race on the radio, since there was NO TV COVERAGE...then years later came TV coverage on tape delay, later the same day. I remember Dad setting up his little folding sheet metal charcoal grill and cooking the most fantastic steaks, burgers, and dogs on Memorial Day while listening to Sid Collins and the crew--including Howdy Holmes--call the race, when I was a kid...
Anyone who was an Indy 500 fan in the '60's and early '70's surely must recognize the name Lloyd Ruby. Look up futility in the dictionary; I think his picture must be there. And as far as "run what ya brung," that's a misconception. Rules in the 50's and '60's heavily favored the obsolete Offy engines over anything else. For awhile--thinking of the gas turbines here--anything that threatened the dominance of the Offy was simply handicapped to the point that it was no longer competitive. BUT...the Ford small block engine that powered the first Mustangs owes a lot of its R&D to what began as the 221 V8 that A.J. Foyt and a few others raced. [Somehow, I remember hearing the term "Coyote Ford" associated with that engine...but I'm too lazy to Google it today to confirm.]
I went to the first day of time trials in '73, when Art Pollard was killed in turn 1. I guess I should be thankful that I didn't go back to witness the utter carnage that occurred in the actual race that year. At time trials, we had a stopwatch and were hoping that Mark Donahue could make a 45-second lap and break the 200 MPH barrier...but it wasn't to be that day.
In '76, fresh out of college, a couple of buddies and I made it to the all-night party on 16th Street the night before the race. My memories of that are shrouded in an alcohol-induced haze, but I do remember telling my friends that I went back to sleep in the car just before daybreak because "the dew set on me"...knowing that dew only sets on inanimate objects.
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