92, for example, was the Camaro that paced the race. There were 1,138 Camaros with the L78 option, half of one percent. A ninth may be a second #16 car for Art Pollard to use on short tracks. Racing-Reference.info. Used with permission. It is presumably also the #16 Thermo King Gerhardt that appeared for Rutherford at Langhorne and for Snider (and Andretti) at Phoenix in November. Al Miller raced Walter Weir #32 Gerhardt-Ford at the 1967 Indy 500. Watch. INDY 500 PIT BADGE 1958 BRONZE.

First race: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (R3), 31 May 1967. Part of the Dave Friedman collection. By his records, less than 100 of the 4K Camaros were convertibles, meaning Dan's estimate of 125 to 150 wasn't too far off. Copyright © Allen Brown Jim Hurtubise raced one of Foyt's Eagles at Riverside in November 1967, but the next recorded appearance of a Foyt-owned Eagle was not until 1970. The Star Tribune, Minnesota's largest newspaper, took an interest in Hansen's racing and said in August 1969 that Hansen would be racing "a 1967 Eagle for Wilke, which Gurney drove in the 1967 Indy 500". He then retired from racing and later sued George Harm for "not providing a racing car in good and proper condition".

The new car was unveiled on Dan Gurney's 84th birthday in April 2015. To the unexpert eye, the Camaro looks concours-ready. On display in the Revs Institute (Naples, FL) in Feb 2017. Bob Hurt took over the drive but crashed the car heavily on the morning of final qualifying, resulting in significant rear damage to the car. The car was built larger than other Gerhardt's to fit Boyd's broader frame. First race: Stardust International (R2), 31 Mar 1968. Used with permission. The Snake Pit is the perfect start of a … As an engineering enthusiast, having already brought Ferguson Formula four-wheel drive to Indy, Granatelli was quick to see the unfair advantage of a turbine engine matched with 4WD. Sold after the race to AJ Foyt and photographs show that it was the car raced by Joe Leonard at Mosport Park in July 1967, still in works livery. Gordon Johncock raced a pair of new Gerhardt-Fords as his #3 Gilmore Broadcasting entry during 1967. Bob Veith's #16 Thermo King Gerhardt at the 1968 Indy 500. Chuck Hulse drove Caves' #14 entry in the pre-Indy 500 races, and then ran the #73 car in practice at the Speedway before leaving the team on 18 May.

It is presumably the #10 Federal entry raced by Tingelstad (and Arnie Knepper on one occasion) until the end of 1968. Bought from Watson by Aaron Lewis (Cessnock, NSW, Australia) in July 2005 and given a full mechanical restoration. "As I scoured the archives of Yenko.net, I discovered a post from the restorer from 2009, where he indicated that he had just acquired the car from the previous long-term owner in Indianapolis. Licenced by The Henry Ford under Creative Commons licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic. Copyright Jack Murray 2016. Current owner Jack Murray has researched this car in detail, and advises that it was Johncock's race car at Langhorne, Mont-Tremblant, Hanford, and Riverside. After using the hybrid car at Milwaukee a week later, he raced the 1967 car for the first time at Langhorne in mid-June. Licenced by The Henry Ford under Creative Commons licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic. We first saw the Camaro at the Hot Rod magazine 70th Anniversary show in Pomona, though Dan will "officially" debut the car at the 2019 SMMC, no doubt with Jim Mikkelson's Camaro nearby. Four customer cars were delivered in 1967, and were delivered to Leader Card Racers for Bobby Unser to drive, to Lindsey Hopkins for Roger McCluskey, to 'Smokey' Yunick for Denny Hulme, and to Pacesetter Homes for Jochen Rindt. Engines for both the 1967 STP-Paxton Turbocar and the 1968 Lotus 56 Turbocar: Variant of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6. The stars of the NASCAR Cup Series will take on the historic venue for a chance to write their name in the racing history books. As you'll see later in this story, he wasn't too far off. Bob Harkey and Jim McElreath took over the drive later in 1969.

Mel Kenyon awaits the start of the 1967 Indy 500 in his #15 Thermo-King Gerhardt. "I seriously searched for about two years, but could not find a car that was numbers-matching.

The 1967 Indy 500 with Parnelli Jones and AJ Foyt.

Also appeared at the Historic Indycar Exhibition in May 2016. See all 50 photos.

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The subsequent history of the Sprite show car is unknown. The NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to the action-packed 2.439-mile IMS Road Course for the INDYCAR Harvest GP presented by GMR Oct. 1-4 amid a thrilling battle for the Astor Challenge Cup.

Of those, "50 to 60 percent" were pace cars. Licenced by The Henry Ford under Creative Commons licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic. Fong, Zanetti Win Superbike Races at IMS; Beaubier Locks Up MotoAmerica Title. The Indy 500 Snake Pit presented by Coors Light is the ultimate festival of fun, friends and some of the biggest electronic music acts in the world – all while Indy cars roar past at 230 mph. Total of 33 recorded races. The Pacesetter Homes Eagle after it was crashed by Jochen Rindt during practice. Total of 7 recorded races.

Kenyon had a new 1968 Gerhardt later in the season. These three cars were available to McCluskey again in 1968 as the #8 G. C. Murphy entry but 211 was not present at the Indy 500 that year and it is not clear how it was used in 1968. He returned to the #39 car for three races later in the season. TOGA’s Donald Davidson and Kevin Lee talk Johnny Carson at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 6.

USAC Champ Car Series race number 3 of 21. 2018 Verizon IndyCar Drivers. Judy is an author, speaker and publishing consultant. The post was requesting some parts and a motor! The #74 AAR entry for Dan Gurney at the 1967 Indy 500, fitted with a Ford V8 and with support from Wagner Lockheed. Fitted with an Offy turbo for Simpson in 1971 and 1972. On display at Indianapolis in May 2015 and at the Historic Indycar Exhibition in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Patrick reorganised for 1972 and the '67 car was sold to Bay State Racing for Bentley Warren to race during 1972, still as the #36 entry. The car was last seen at Langhorne in June 1970 when it was very badly damaged by fire after it was crashed by Sammy Sessions. Privacy policy. It was raced by Al Miller as the #85 entry for the rest of the season, but it is possible the team's older 1966 car was used at some tracks. Total of 14 recorded races. USAC Champ Car Series race number 3 of 21 Tuesday, May 30, 1967 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles) The team's road course car would have been raced as the #11 Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning entry by Art Pollard at Stardust International in March, and then by Gary Bettenhausen at Mosport Park in June, at Continental Divide in July, at Indianapolis Raceway Park two weeks later, at Mont-Tremblant in August, and at Riverside in December. And the reason we built everything in-house was because we didn’t want to go to any outside vendor to have them know that we were building a special race car. Herb Porter and Ebb Rose of Racing Associates entered a #89 Gerhardt with Offy turbo engine for Rose at the 1967 Indy 500. Wikipedia Link, 3. Returned to Indy in 1972, wearing #73 but now significantly modified with outboard front suspension. By the time of Langhorne in late June, Weinberger Homes were running a 1967 car for Norm Brown (#49) in place of their original 1966 Gerhardt.

Licenced by The Henry Ford under Creative Commons licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic. Total of 9 recorded races. First race: Milwaukee (Wisconsin State Fair Park) (R4), 4 Jun 1967. These were for Art Pollard (#16 Gerhardt house car), Bud Tingelstad (#10 Federal Engineering), Mel Kenyon (#15 Gerhardt house car), Al Miller (Wally Weir #32), Johnny Boyd (#66 George Harm), two cars for Racing Associates (#39 and #89), and a second car for Gordon Johncock (#58 at the Indy 500). These 81 Norwood-built cars were used at the Indy 500 in various capacities, from pacing the race (there was one car used on the track and two backup cars), to taking part in local events and activities around the Speedway during April and May 1967, to being loaned to celebrities, executives, and members of the press. MotoAmerica Superbikes at the Brickyard - Saturday, October 10, 2020, MotoAmerica Superbikes at the Brickyard - Friday, October 9, 2020. 200 laps.

"It was sort of like the COPO system.

Dan owns LS5 and LS6 versions of the 1970 SS454, both of which he shows often around Southern California.

The house Gerhardt of Art Pollard at speed during the Indianapolis 500 in 1967. The 51st International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, over two days, Tuesday May 30 and Wednesday May 31, 1967. Qualified by Grant but retired from the race. Foyt acquired a pair of Eagles for road racing in 1967.

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