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Post by racerbrown on Sept 11, 2008 22:11:45 GMT -5
had to share this! the guy that owns this (i believe) 1966 t-90 lola driven by rodger ward is too big to fit in it and has two friends that drive it for him at these type of events. (lucky guys!) i'm not a big guy so i was suprised to find out how tight a fit they are! duane  |
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Sept 12, 2008 7:39:40 GMT -5
Is that you in the driver's seat grinning from ear to ear? You lucky dawg! What a beautiful car. Any more photos you can send along? Sandy
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Post by racerbrown on Sept 12, 2008 14:51:59 GMT -5
yeah sandy, that's me looking like a pig in his slop!
i do have more pictures of this car and some others.
my second memory card is now giving me an error message so i hope i can retrieve the other bunch that i took that day including one of me sitting in a '64 foyt roadster replica (same goofy grin as well!)
duane
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Post by racerbrown on Sept 13, 2008 19:55:20 GMT -5
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Sept 14, 2008 6:59:55 GMT -5
Great photos Duane. Darn, what a good looking car. Did they have to threaten you to get you out of it? They would have had to pull me out kickin' and screamin'! The colored exhaust pipes and the drag racing style air scoop are really cool.
Sandy
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2008 22:40:24 GMT -5
Hey Racer!!!!!!!
I got very lucky to interview Rodger Ward a few times before he died a few years ago. Once for the Indy 500 Program. He talked about that car with some hostility! He won the race at Trenton before Indy in 1966 in that car. He was supposed to drive the number 25 car for Mecom, but after winning at Trenton, Mecom wanted Ward to drive that car...the number 26. He told Mecom several times, that the number 26 would perform well at Indy. And of course, Rodger was correct on that. In fact, after qualify, he told Bignotti to take the car and put it on the Bear Rack and get it sorted out or two cars would be pulling down the pit lane at the start of the race...The pace car and the number 26 Bryant Car. ward said it was a pig, hard to handle and after a while, he knew he was just marking time and in other drivers way, so he thought it best to park it and call it a day. He retired the next day.
GREAT PHOTOS OF THAT CAR!!!!!!!!!!!
Best to you
Russ
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Post by indy on Sept 15, 2008 8:58:51 GMT -5
I'd asked to hotlap - lol jk. Wow, that's very cool and a great looking car!
Jordan
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2008 11:58:45 GMT -5
Hi Duane,
How many cars DID take laps around the track?? I understood that some would.....
Mongo
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Post by racerbrown on Sept 15, 2008 18:07:16 GMT -5
hi bill,
i would guess that at least 3/4 of the cars there took some laps.
it's funny that i was there from 10:00 to about 5:00 and still ran out of time to get pictures of everything!
duane
p.s. the guy that owns the car is the same one that does the old indy videos. he and his buddies were as nice as can be and were actually the ones who suggested i get in the car and get some pictures. i told them i was stuck in the car and that maybe if i made a few laps in it, the heat would expand the car and i would sweat off a few pounds as well! i think they might have heard that one before.
db
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