hray Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 On a recent trip I was able to find - and take a picture of - the 1st car Tom pitted for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soaker Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Lmfao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Rusty, I'd be prepared for some... er.... um.... grief from TxTom if I were you, sir. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tps22 Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 I don't care who you are, that's funny right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hray Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Actually, when I kid Tom, it's like the pot calling the kettle black since I'm way older than he is. The picture is from the Al Unser Jr museum in Albuquerque. Probably one of the best racing museums I've seen. Tom, only kidding. Here's a picture you'll like. It's the Andy Granitelli owned Novi that Unser drove a Indy. These cars were phenomenal. Most of the Indy cars at the time were Offenhauser powered. The Novi had a V8 engine and the car was designed around the engine. They were so powerful that the ground shook when one came by. Fans would actually get nauseous and throw up from the vibration and noise. Unser said he knew they had more horsepower than he had ever driven because each lap he could see his tread marks from the previous lap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Nice car but are those diamond encrusted shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hray Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I'm experiencing my 2nd childhood. They're the kind that light up when you walk. LOL! My wife thought I should start jogging so I wear them when I jog from my Lazy Boy to the frig for another beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FryarFan Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 "They were so powerful that the ground shook when one came by. Fans would actually get nauseous and throw up from the vibration and noise" Funny, I seem to remember the same thoughts being expressed about the power source for Nick's "Lighter than Air" chassis on these boards too. Built by his side company...Future Auto Racing Technology, Ing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 LOL at Fryar Fan ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Hray 60 is my next step up in age .and every 20 th year I I start my child hood over .so going for three then I may get some of dem dear shoes ,but only to see where I am stepping at night ..now your assessment of toms age would suggest he is on his 10th childhood ..lucky guy .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hray Posted August 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Here's one of the 1st rear engine cars that raced at Indy. Notice no wings or pods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Those shoes make him so fast he took the pics next month. Good stuff keep them coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer61 Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Liquid Suspension??? Must of been one of Nicks earlier brain storms. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hray Posted August 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 That was before he latched onto the concept of LTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hray Posted August 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Pikes Peak is known as Unser's mountain because the Unsers (going back to Louie Unser) have won more races there than anyone else. There's even a plaque dedicated to them at the 1/2 way point up the mountain. Here's some of their hill climb cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Dang, Don't get on here for awhile, and the kiddos have run amok again.......No wait, now it was their great-great-great grandpa! Have never been to that museum, but have heard it has an interesting group of cars. Always liked that 4 cam ford engine that was used in the indy stuff as well as the sprinter shown above. The two pics show the two different configurations of the engine, One for Indy cars, and the other for sprintcars. The exhaust outlet is the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hray Posted August 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I knew he'd wake up eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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