sam198
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Post by sam198 on Sept 22, 2014 12:57:38 GMT -5
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Post by indy on Sept 22, 2014 13:04:28 GMT -5
Congrats on the first completion, Scott. It wasn't the easiest kit to start off with so don't be too hard on yourself. Great to see you building and I hope you enjoyed it.
Jordan
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Post by IndyCarModels on Sept 22, 2014 13:31:27 GMT -5
Good Job!
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Post by drums01 on Sept 22, 2014 16:44:32 GMT -5
Always like these colors; good job on a challenging kit...
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Post by Calvin on Sept 22, 2014 17:48:29 GMT -5
Awesome! Yeah it was a tough one to make your first one. The 1978 Sneva PC6 hardly ever gets built. This was the year he won the championship without winning a single race.....but was later fired by Penske before years end.....what a funny deal? To this day what happen there is still a mystery to me..... Believe it or not this was my 3rd ever Indycar build - I dont have it anymore as it turned into a donor and is currently on prolly 3 other built cars right now.  BTW FYI the easiest 1/25 Indycar IMO is the AMT Lola T8800 but the easiest one overall is the 1/20 Tamiya Lola. BTW #2 I wished Tom Sneva was still a color commentator for Indycar broadcast....his corny funny comments were always worth writing down. BTW #3 Watching him qualify at Indy was freaking scary as he was right on the edge! BTW #4 Just watch......starting @ 1:40 |
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Post by racerbrown on Sept 22, 2014 20:24:48 GMT -5
very well done scott!
thanks for sharing.
duane
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sam198
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Post by sam198 on Sept 23, 2014 1:18:03 GMT -5
Awesome! Yeah it was a tough one to make your first one. The 1978 Sneva PC6 hardly ever gets built. This was the year he won the championship without winning a single race.....but was later fired by Penske before years end.....what a funny deal? To this day what happen there is still a mystery to me..... I've heard several theories on his firing, but I think the biggest factor was that Tom was kind of a pain in the butt. Couple that with a fast. young racer in Mears and the rest is history. The best story I ever heard about this was from an interview Sneva did in a magazine. He said (paraphrasing a bit) "I was frustrated with Penske because I thought they only did things right about 80 percent of the time. After I left, I found out 80 percent was way better than anyone else was doing". I too miss his commentary, I told him that at an IMS autograph session in 2013 and he said that ABC didn't always like him speaking his mind. I put that one on ABC, who did they think they were hiring? Thank you all for the kind words. Scott |
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Post by 2lapsdown on Sept 23, 2014 14:27:03 GMT -5
He got fired at ABC for speaking his mind? Didn't Uncle Bobby and Sam Posey speak their mind? Sometimes I wondered where their thoughts came from, but I always felt they were speaking their minds. I thought Tom was great fun to listen to.
John
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Post by Calvin on Sept 23, 2014 15:07:46 GMT -5
If a person wants a good laugh just listen to what Tom Sneva says through the first quarter of the 1998 Indy 500 broadcast.
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Post by clm1545 on Sept 23, 2014 19:29:14 GMT -5
I always enjoyed Tom. He, however,always had a reputation of being hard to get along with. One of my favorite quotes about Sneva was "10 guys get into an elevator, 9 guys push up, and Senva pushes down". I can't remember which driver said it, but it sure describes Tom. He and Geprge Bignotti were a great team, but they did get along well at all.
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