Story by Dean Case
August of 1963 marked the end of an era; the reign of the roadsters was over. The modern Indy roadster had evolved after World War II into a deceptively sophisticated device, brutally fast on the high speed Indy oval. Racing exclusively on ovals, the cars were very asymmetrical and unsuited for all but a few tracks. …
That was cool to read and thank you very much for sharing this peice of history.
Boy does that story bring backmemories. I was 16 and had my driver's license less than a year. In 1962 I and my high school buddies were all rooting for Micky Thompson, mostly because, I think, he dared to challenge the establishment Offys with a Buick! None of us had ever seen an Offenhauser motor. One of the car magazines that year ran the article title: "Thirty-two Offys and a Buick." At that time that Buick motor was itself something of a novelty, being aluminum and smaller displacement when everything out of Detroit and Dearborn was cast iron. Thanks for the write-up. That was a fun read.
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