Andy Granatelli

[wilson89]

Granatelli, Indy 500-winning car owner, dies at 90

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/granat...xdTIwBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDM1MV8x

 

[Johali]

Granatelli, Indy 500-winning car owner, dies at 90

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/granat...xdTIwBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDM1MV8x

Helluva man, RIP.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

What a loss to the racing world.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[Yogisd1]

That is truly sad news. We will never see anyone like him again. I read his autobiography, "They call me mister 500" a long time ago. It's an excellent book about more than just racing.

 

[pjmolo]

Just a small part of Granatelli's amazing legacy in motorsports, the gas turbine car driven by Parnelli Jones that almost won the 1967 Indy 500.

 

[Greg]

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/3...es-at-90-revved-businesses-and-cars.html?_r=1
^ A good obituary or bio imo


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087465/index.htm
^ The 1973 500, an ordeal (wriiten June 73 prior to Swede Savage dying from race crash related complications,)


http://www.indycals.net/blog/?p=787
^ The 1973 500

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087254/index.htm

^ Red White and Blooey (April 9, 1973 , discussing the merging of Petty Blue and STP)

I included the 73 500 links, no doubt it was a very difficult time for Granitelli.

 

[BobbyFord]

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/3...es-at-90-revved-businesses-and-cars.html?_r=1
^ A good obituary or bio imo


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087465/index.htm
^ The 1973 500, an ordeal (wriiten June 73 prior to Swede Savage dying from race crash related complications,)


http://www.indycals.net/blog/?p=787
^ The 1973 500

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087254/index.htm

^ Red White and Blooey (April 9, 1973 , discussing the merging of Petty Blue and STP)

I included the 73 500 links, no doubt it was a very difficult time for Granitelli.

Some good reading in those links. I'd forgotten some of the names. I haven't heard the name, Peter Revson, in decades.

 

[Whizzer]

RIP Andy Granatelli. He was an innovator and a true competitor. His leaving the sport is a loss to us all.

 

[shark77]

Just a small part of Granatelli's amazing legacy in motorsports, the gas turbine car driven by Parnelli Jones that almost won the 1967 Indy 500.

Too bad you can't innovate with that kind of leeway anymore. 60s to the mid 80s were a great era for some crazy setups.

 

[Zerkfitting]

Too bad you can't innovate with that kind of leeway anymore. 60s to the mid 80s were a great era for some crazy setups.

I was a fan of the turbine car. I sent a note to the new United Sportscar series and suggested they allow an unlimited, no points, no purse money class for those who want to try anything.

 

[JW1]

Too bad you can't innovate with that kind of leeway anymore. 60s to the mid 80s were a great era for some crazy setups.

That was a great era for racing. It was the era when I was growing up and watching. There were so many fabulous cars during that time.