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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jul 17, 2022 12:13:22 GMT -8
Photos: Eagles abound at Road America for Redman's WICThe weather provided a bit of everything throughout the weekend at “America’s National Park of Speed” for this weekend’s WeatherTech International Challenge. Intermittent rain met the eager racers and fans throughout Thursday and Friday, but after a foggy Saturday morning, the clouds began to part and make way for the stunning views Road America is known for. More @ vintagemotorsport.com/2022/07/17/photos-eagles-abound-at-road-america-for-redmans-wic/
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jul 19, 2022 7:05:20 GMT -8
Alas, the Mark lll GTP nor the F1 Spa winner made it onto the track. Still gorgeous though.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jul 20, 2022 14:00:27 GMT -8
Wrapping up the emotional Eagle gathering at Road AmericaHeralded far and wide as one of the most significant vintage racing summer events in the country, the July 15-17 WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman was an activities-packed three full days: Vintage racing action on the spectacular 4.0-mile Road America circuit, exhibitions, Concours awards, and a wide-variety of off-track food and fun. The 2022 event, though, will be best-remembered for its featured marque: Dan Gurney’s All American Racers Eagles. “The Big Eagle — the late Dan Gurney — was surely smiling down on the gathering of 28 AAR Eagles,” said Vintage Indy president/founder Michael Lashmett, “which included his 1967 Belgian Grand Prix-winning Gurney-Weslake Eagle. There were owner/drivers from throughout the United States, along with attendees from around the world, gathered here at Road America to pay homage to driver and constructor Dan Gurney — the only American to build, drive and win a F1 race in a car he conceived and constructed. “Over 200 cars were constructed in the Santa Ana, Calif., AAR shop over past decades and AAR Eagles are credited with three Indianapolis 500 wins in 1968, ‘73 and finally in 1975 with driver Bobby Unser for Dan’s All American Racers team. Dan also co-drove with A.J. Foyt to victory at Le Mans in 1967 in a Ford Mk IV. “This was believed to be the largest gathering of Eagles ever assembled and included the 1975 500 winning car, 1967 Spa winner, the ’72 Indy 500 pole winning Olsonite Eagle, an IMSA race-winning Toyota GTP car and several IndyCar race winners.” See the full story with more photos at VintageMotorsport.com.racer.com/2022/07/20/wrapping-up-the-emotional-eagle-gathering-at-road-america/?fbclid=IwAR1Oa5dPWRCPXqJBjNe4umGkOfJvb8AR9dQ4eDX8dsBSN5IW6D5fJqLQhO8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Oct 29, 2022 14:07:28 GMT -8
Mario Andretti & AJ Foyt at Indiana State Fairgrounds - 1966
- Photo credit Gene Crucean
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 16, 2023 2:50:44 GMT -8
This is by now fairly common knowledge, but for those who are as yet unaware ... RETRO: Dan’s magic bullet... The story of the Gurney FlapIt’s 50 years since a moment of inspiration at a fractious test led to an aerodynamic breakthrough that still endures, the Gurney Flap. In a story first published in RACER magazine in 2018, Marshall Pruett recounts how Dan Gurney’s eponymous invention left Eagle driver Bobby Unser speechless (never an easy thing to do…) and the rest of the 1972 USAC Champ Car field scrambling to replicate the simple, but incredibly effective device’s drag-reducing, downforce-increasing powers. A half century later, the Gurney Flap is still one of the go-to performance tools for race car designers and engineers. More details @ racer.com/2022/04/08/retro-dans-magic-bullet-the-story-of-the-gurney-flap/
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Post by kidrybot on Feb 12, 2023 10:50:03 GMT -8
Isn't this also the story of the "wickerbill?"
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Post by olderguysrule on Feb 12, 2023 11:23:33 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Feb 13, 2023 7:54:48 GMT -8
Isn't this also the story of the "wickerbill?" BLASPHEMER!!!
Don't ever say 'wickerbill' in the presence of a Dan Gurney or All American Racers fan or veteran. Post that on the Gurney/AAR Facebook fan page and you'd get 115 negative comments and be banned from the page for life.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Nov 23, 2023 11:04:49 GMT -8
Reviving the last winning Penske IndyCarPatrick Morgan has a special relationship with the cars that were powered by his family’s engines. The Briton also has a special talent for bringing those cars back to life, to a state of perfection with period-correct restorations through his Dawn Treader Performance Engineering firm in the U.K. Founded in 1983 by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan — the ‘Il’ and ‘Mor’ of Ilmor — with financial backing from Roger Penske, Ilmor became synonymous with success as its 2.65-liter turbocharged Chevrolet V8 CART IndyCar engine dominated the CART series, and often in the back of a chassis built by Penske Cars. The late Morgan’s son Patrick, who worked at Ilmor as an IndyCar engine technician, formed Dawn Treader in 2004 and has taken on a number of significant projects, including Penske PC26 chassis 05, the last race-winning chassis built by Penske Cars. Driven by Paul Tracy, the chassis won at Gateway — known today as World Wide Technology Raceway — in 1997, which also marked Penske Racing’s 99th IndyCar victory and the final with a vehicle of its own creation. racer.com/2023/11/23/reviving-the-last-winning-penske-indycar/?utm_source=RACER+%2F%2F+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b9f3b6eae9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_11_23_06_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-b9f3b6eae9-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Mar 19, 2024 6:41:02 GMT -8
From The American Hot Rod Foundation Facebook page ... Rex Mays is caught posing in front of the Grandstands for photographer Frank Smith at Langhorne Speedway on June 22, 1947, before practice and qualifying started for the 100-mile AAA Champ Car Race. The Bowes Seal Fast sponsored car was powered by a 180” supercharged straight-8. Prior to qualifying, Rex got permission to do some hot laps in his basically new car to see how it handled on the dirt. After a couple of laps, Rex was timed at 32.96 seconds or 109.22 mph. When qualifying started, Emil Anders grabbed the pole with a lap at 34.67 seconds. When it was Rex’s turn he proceeded to blow the overworked engine for a DNQ. Some Trivia; Mays’ off-season race shop was on the corner of Sonora and Glen Oaks Boulevard in Burbank, California where he rented garage space at a gas station. His Chief Mechanic was pre-war lakes racer Pete Clark, the car’s engine builder was Bud Winfield, and the chassis builder was Frank Kurtis, so you never knew who you could meet at his shop. ©AHRF/David Steele Collection (STE_040)
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