2014 ABC Supply Milwaukee 250 at Milwaukee IndyFest
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I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
"excitement " racin god musta been on vacation this weekend.
1st....michigan.......then this.
most boring indy race this yr.........hello sonoma !
or have i just been spoiled....w/ road / street courses ?
The excitement was at Ace Speedway last night.
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I was in turn four and listening to a couple different radios. It sounded like it was in 2002 where the field was too small and the wind was affecting everyone. Michael Andretti came on to RHR when he was complaining about aero problems and says something like "you're the only one in the field who's passed anyone. Everybody's in the same boat"
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40 Years Ago – The 1974 Rex Mays 150 at the Milwaukee Mile
(snipped) ....... Cale Yarborough held off Bobby Allison by two and half-seconds to win the Tuborg 400 at Riverside International Speedway in California. Billy Cassella won the USAC Sprint Car race at Indianapolis Raceway Park, beating Bill Puterbaugh and Tom Bigelow across the line in the 40-lap feature. Bigelow had decided to pass up the Rex Mays 150 in Milwaukee.
With Bigelow absent, 24 cars were present for the silver anniversary of the Rex Mays 150 at the Milwaukee Mile. Bobby Unser driving the white #48 Olsonite Eagle for Dan Gurney was gunning for his third straight Mays 150 win. SuperTex A.J. Foyt led qualifiers in winning the pole at the speed of 128.986-mph in his four-cam Coyote.
Johnny Rutherford fresh from his first Indianapolis 500 win qualified outside the front row, with Bobby Unser starting third and Wally Dallenbach fourth. Gary Bettenhausen, Gordon Johncock, Lloyd Ruby, Steve Krisiloff, Al Unser and Tom Sneva filled out the top-10.
Under nearly perfect weather, over 32,000 fans saw Foyt take the lead at the start and led until Rutherford spun exiting turn-2 didn’t hit anything and was able to continue. After the race, Rutherford was interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal’s Roger Jaynes, “After I spun out, we knew we had to make our stops under yellow to get back into the race and stay up front.”
On the restart Dallenbach charged into the lead and was in control until a green flag pit flag put him at a disadvantage, whereas Rutherford and his Team McLaren crew made their two stops during the caution. In fact, Dallenbach and Foyt both made three pit stops (one each under green) to Rutherford’s two stops under caution.
Rookie Larry Rice making his first Indy Car start in the ancient Precision Racing Eagle-Chevy had a wing strut break causing the talented midget car driver to slide into the battle scarred wall.
Dallenbach suffered magneto issues and slowed coming out of the fourth turn on lap 125th, letting Rutherford take the lead that he would not relinquish.
Rutherford took the checkered flag trailing the Penske Racing McLaren-Offy of Bettenhausen who finished his final lap thirty seconds later in second place. Billy Vukovich came home third and Dick Simon surprised a few railbirds with a fourth place finish. Steve Krisiloff was one of the most disappointed as he had second place sewn up when he ran out of fuel with eight laps to go.
“In the words of the late Peter Revson I guess you could say we persevered. We had our problems but we overcame them. And we had luck, and we were able to take advantage of others’ misfortune.” Rutherford said in victory lane. The race which timed in at an hour and 21-minutes saw ten lead changes and six cautions for a tidy 29-laps.
http://racingnation.com/40-years-ago-the-1974-rex-mays-150-at-the-milwaukee-mile/
(snipped) ....... Cale Yarborough held off Bobby Allison by two and half-seconds to win the Tuborg 400 at Riverside International Speedway in California. Billy Cassella won the USAC Sprint Car race at Indianapolis Raceway Park, beating Bill Puterbaugh and Tom Bigelow across the line in the 40-lap feature. Bigelow had decided to pass up the Rex Mays 150 in Milwaukee.
With Bigelow absent, 24 cars were present for the silver anniversary of the Rex Mays 150 at the Milwaukee Mile. Bobby Unser driving the white #48 Olsonite Eagle for Dan Gurney was gunning for his third straight Mays 150 win. SuperTex A.J. Foyt led qualifiers in winning the pole at the speed of 128.986-mph in his four-cam Coyote.
Johnny Rutherford fresh from his first Indianapolis 500 win qualified outside the front row, with Bobby Unser starting third and Wally Dallenbach fourth. Gary Bettenhausen, Gordon Johncock, Lloyd Ruby, Steve Krisiloff, Al Unser and Tom Sneva filled out the top-10.
Under nearly perfect weather, over 32,000 fans saw Foyt take the lead at the start and led until Rutherford spun exiting turn-2 didn’t hit anything and was able to continue. After the race, Rutherford was interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal’s Roger Jaynes, “After I spun out, we knew we had to make our stops under yellow to get back into the race and stay up front.”
On the restart Dallenbach charged into the lead and was in control until a green flag pit flag put him at a disadvantage, whereas Rutherford and his Team McLaren crew made their two stops during the caution. In fact, Dallenbach and Foyt both made three pit stops (one each under green) to Rutherford’s two stops under caution.
Rookie Larry Rice making his first Indy Car start in the ancient Precision Racing Eagle-Chevy had a wing strut break causing the talented midget car driver to slide into the battle scarred wall.
Dallenbach suffered magneto issues and slowed coming out of the fourth turn on lap 125th, letting Rutherford take the lead that he would not relinquish.
Rutherford took the checkered flag trailing the Penske Racing McLaren-Offy of Bettenhausen who finished his final lap thirty seconds later in second place. Billy Vukovich came home third and Dick Simon surprised a few railbirds with a fourth place finish. Steve Krisiloff was one of the most disappointed as he had second place sewn up when he ran out of fuel with eight laps to go.
“In the words of the late Peter Revson I guess you could say we persevered. We had our problems but we overcame them. And we had luck, and we were able to take advantage of others’ misfortune.” Rutherford said in victory lane. The race which timed in at an hour and 21-minutes saw ten lead changes and six cautions for a tidy 29-laps.
http://racingnation.com/40-years-ago-the-1974-rex-mays-150-at-the-milwaukee-mile/
FLRacingFan
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Might be the huge street circuit/road course rear wings they use. It's not an issue at Iowa with the banking and wider racing groove."excitement " racin god musta been on vacation this weekend.
1st....michigan.......then this.
most boring indy race this yr.........hello sonoma !
or have i just been spoiled....w/ road / street courses ?