Post by 1961redlegs on Jul 6, 2016 16:29:14 GMT -5
Yesterday evening I finished my recreation of the Lotus George Snider raced during the 1966 season, including Indianapolis. He qualified third for the 500, missing the starting line melee which involved his boss A.J. Foyt. However, his race day didn't last much longer, crashing out on lap 22. He raced the Lotus elsewhere that season, finishing sixth in the car at Phoenix.
Snider is one of seven drivers to contest 20 or more 500s, starting 22 and qualifying for 23, driving mostly for his friend A.J. Foyt. The one race he didn't qualify for and didn't start occurred in 1981 when Tim Richmond bought Snider's ride and drove the race in place of him after failing to qualify. Snider regretted doing that as the money he received for letting Richmond drive in his place couldn't match being on the track, racing. That's the true mark of a racer in my mind!
He was a superb sprint car driver, winning the 1971 USAC Silver Crown Championship and to this day runs a Sprint Car team in California.
The kit is Lance Sellers recent Foyt Lotus release, IndyCals released a George Snider set to go along with the Foyt car and I jumped at the chance to do his version. The car's painted Tamiya Pearl White with IndyCals decals. The kit is box stock and went together with no problems at all, Lance does an amazing job engineering his kits and it shows. Here's the final result:
Snider is one of seven drivers to contest 20 or more 500s, starting 22 and qualifying for 23, driving mostly for his friend A.J. Foyt. The one race he didn't qualify for and didn't start occurred in 1981 when Tim Richmond bought Snider's ride and drove the race in place of him after failing to qualify. Snider regretted doing that as the money he received for letting Richmond drive in his place couldn't match being on the track, racing. That's the true mark of a racer in my mind!
He was a superb sprint car driver, winning the 1971 USAC Silver Crown Championship and to this day runs a Sprint Car team in California.
The kit is Lance Sellers recent Foyt Lotus release, IndyCals released a George Snider set to go along with the Foyt car and I jumped at the chance to do his version. The car's painted Tamiya Pearl White with IndyCals decals. The kit is box stock and went together with no problems at all, Lance does an amazing job engineering his kits and it shows. Here's the final result:
