2024 Daytona 500 Countdown

[DIDIT]

#69 sprint car...when it showed up you knew there was a good chance they would leave the winner.

 

[Old 97]

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The top two photos are Mark Malquit. An asphalt legend around these parts.

 

[Greg]

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[Pat]

 

[wi_racefan]

 

[Dwayne]

 

[sdj]

 

[DIDIT]

 

[pjmolo]

Believe it or not, in the early years of the Indianapolis 500, the car's mechanic rode along with the driver for the entire race.

 

[sdj]

Believe it or not, in the early years of the Indianapolis 500, the car's mechanic rode along with the driver for the entire race.

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I thought that was @aunty dive driving there for a minute.

 

[Greg]

Believe it or not, in the early years of the Indianapolis 500, the car's mechanic rode along with the driver for the entire race.

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Riding mechanic - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

They did a lot of in board work during the race including manually pumping the oil

 

[Greg]

 

[pjmolo]

Riding mechanic - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

They did a lot of in board work during the race including manually pumping the oil.

This article about the first Indy 500 in 1911, from the Chicago Tribune, mentions a riding "mechanician" that was killed and another that bailed out during the race.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[Pat]

 

[Dwayne]

 

[wi_racefan]

 

[sdj]

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[sdj]

Bad ass to the Bone!

 

[Greg]

 

[DIDIT]

 

[StandOnIt]

Bad ass to the Bone!

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They lost me when they went to 6 bangers.

 

[Greg]

 

[sdj]

They lost me when they went to 6 bangers.

I am not/was not happy with that decision either but, they are still BAD ASS TO THE BONE.

 

[StandOnIt]

I am not/was not happy with that decision either but, they are still BAD ASS TO THE BONE.

I'm a lot more interested in the new Stang in GT3 myself. It is going to kick ass.

 

[pjmolo]

 

[sdj]

 

[wi_racefan]

Sadly I started watching the sport when all I saw was DW driving one of these slow turds and relying on a past champions provisional

 

[Pat]

 

[sdj]

^^^^^@Pat , Do you know when and where this was? ^^^^^^

 

[Dwayne]

 

[pjmolo]

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[Greg]

 

[DIDIT]

Got to go with another Big Dave ride...not one of his finest.

 

[StandOnIt]

The car of Brian ^

 

[Formerjackman]

I'm a lot more interested in the new Stang in GT3 myself. It is going to kick ass.

Kicking ass is not allowed in IMSA. If you show even the slightest hint of having an advantage, they will BoP your ass back to the stone age, and it will take half a season to even catch back up.

 

[Greg]

Young big hair Rusty Wallace

 

[Greg]