I don't know why anybody hasn't mentioned my dad Don Loyd. He raced with Marshall Sergeant I had many newspaper clippings of their shenanigans while racing. In one story was when they were going around the grandstands someone said you son of a bit__ Marshall sergeant. And Marshall stopped his race car and my dad stopped his and they both went up into the grandstands Marshall sergeant from what I understand beat the crap out of this guy. I wish I would have kept those newspaper clippings. And my dad wasn't racing anymore but as I got older he would take me to go see the races I'm not sure if Marshall Sergeant was alive then. But my dad Love'd Marshall sergeant and his wife are you Wanda sergeant.
For what it's worth Jackie Stewart called Jeff at his home to talk about the possibility of running F3000 at the time. He declined for several reasons and that seat became de Ferrian (RIP) Lots of revisionist history on the Internet and it is true Jeff's "being overlooked" was a major linchpin in the formation of the Idiot Racing League. The sport has never recovered. The entire thing is sickening to me and thousands of ticket buying race fans moved on. We are left with an Indy 500 which could be run over a weekend and spec cars. Thanks Tony. Miss my buddy DO and Robin as well as we come up on the anniversary of "R's" passing.
If I may nitpick a little, the narration about the big crash has an error. All three drivers were not trapped in their cars; in the footage immediately after the crash you can see Bay Darnell running to the infield. Darnell wasn't too badly burned but Brown's injuries ended his career. And one of the ironies of this accident is that Ronnie Duman and Norm Brown were both from Michigan, and were long-time friends.
Watching this live on TV was incredibly depressing. I just got out of the army, trying to adjust & relax in the 'Real World' as a civilian once again. Then this happened. A direct hit of reality stunned me. I then thought _'My God, if Foyt is retiring, that means Johncock, Rutherford and Andretti won't be far behind to step away from the wheel..."_ Good grief that was hard to take.
Mel Kenyon came back after a horrible fiery crash at langhorn Pennsylvania and was burnt very badly...he lost all of the fingers on his right hand..he was back at the Indy 500 the following year and finished 3rd I believe...and Mel has won more midget features than anyone in the history of midget racing...
The pole speed was 2.5 mph faster than the pole at Indy. Shav Glick, who covered motorsports for the Los Angeles Times, told me that Ontario was so far ahead of its time that even int he 2000s it would have been one of the best facilities in the country. I would loved to have seen it.
in the days of the giants and ledgends, dave pepperak as of this year still races in 2024 though usually seems just one or 2 silvercrown races though many are still alive its unfortunate rich isn't
This is the race track where J.C. Agajanian spotted the great Parnelli Jones and felt that he was going to be good enough to drive at Indianapolis. Parnelli drove for Aggie for all but one of his USAC Championship Car races. That one race was the 1967 Indy 500 when Parnelli drove for Andy Granatelli in the "Whoosh Mobile" Paxton Turbine car, coming within three laps of victory when the car lost its drive due to the failure of a $6.00 transmission bearing. Parnelli retired from driving IndyCars at the end of the season. RIP Roofus Parnell Jones Gone at the age of 90 years.
This is such an interesting clip. Gordon hadn't yet been taught how to polish himself for TV, but he was a quick learner. Who would have thought, watching this, that in a few years he would be one of NASCAR's greatest?
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