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07/05/2019 7:18 am
May has always been an anticipated time in my family, the beginning of spring of course, but the running of the Indianapolis 500 has always been a high point from my Dad's point of view and his fathers before him. Carl Fisher bought a plot of land in Indiana for $72,000 in 1909 and began a race track where he thought car manufactures could run and test their new creations along side other manufactures too. At first with 300 miles races the first 500 mile race began in 1911. Now called "the Greatest Spectacle in Racing" the first Indianapolis 500 was won by Ray Harroun driving the infamous Marmon Wasp with a purse of $27,550. This image is 1/43 scale
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Two years later, now drawing international attention with entries from England, France, Italy and Germany the first foreign winner was Jules Goux in his 1914 Peugeot.
In 1933 the tradition of the winning driver throwing back a bottle milk began and continues to this day with only one exception, Emerson Fittipaldi who opted for orange juice (also an orange grower). There were no races run from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. I am picking up the story in 1952 with driver Troy Ruttman,age 22 years and 80 days, youngest of Indy winners, driving a Agajanian Special number 98, always a favorite number of creater J.C. Agajanian, a frustrated race car driver himself. This model is an off scale 1/16 offering from the Franklin Mint. A fantastic model with great details and a host of trinkets to go along with it including helmet, goggles, jack, battery cart and race sign to let the driver know important race information. Hope you enjoy!
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07/05/2019 9:02 am
*** XCLNT Story line ... and The pix are GR8T as well ... Many thanks
07/05/2019 1:43 pm
Thanks Dennis, started this as an ongoing series doing different Indy cars going through the years but I don't think there is enough interest in racing cars here, just not worth the time. I do appreciate your comments though!
07/05/2019 2:40 pm
You know ... If I post something & if one person likes it ... then
Then ...
I done good making that one person happy
Don't let others decide your happiness
Post away ...
And as I have always said ...
if they don't like - they don't have to read it
Nobody forced them to click on your link and read
But ...
I for one ... I like racing, racing history etc
It's all part of the automotive experience
Besides ....
The Agajanian Special is really cool ...
The Yellow Marmon Wasp has always grabbed my attention since I first heard on it
08/05/2019 3:29 am
Josh, nicely done. As for racing, while I'm more into drag racing than left-hand turn racing, I think you'd be surprised just how many racing fans there are out here on the board.
Like Dennis says, post away. Those that are interested will read and comment (or not). If others are not interested, they can skip over/ignore.
Thanks for the post!
08/05/2019 5:52 pm
I'm a road course fan. Lefts and rights for me. 🙂
Add in a bit of endurance (LeMans, Rolex 24, etc.) and I'm hooked.
09/05/2019 2:03 am
11/05/2019 8:28 pm
I'm a motorsports racing fan. I follow just about everything.