cool. I didn't read the earlier posts but figured someone must have
remembered that. Us Hoosiers I guess...
I have this idea that there should be an "unlimited" race series, let
the drivers assess the risk and have at it. It would generate all kinds
of interesting engineering and vehicles and perhaps safety innovations
too. Enough of all the wimpy rules and restrictions.
--R
On 9/12/15 12:05 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
I mentioned this early in the thread.
I saw the car run twice (actually more than that if you include time trials and
carburetion day) and it was amazing.
Yes, it dropped out with eight laps to go, not due to an engine issue but a
bearing failure in the transmission.
The following year it was wrecked and never driven again.
And of course USAC pretty much ruled it out of competition by mandating an
inlet opening that limited the top speed.
Dan
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On Sep 12, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
Hey, y'all remember Parnelli Jones's turbine car at the Indy 500, right?
Mid-late 60s? I think he ran it 2 years and it was cleaning up the first time
until a transmission bearing broke. I forget what happened the next year,
maybe a crash? Then the race organizers banned turbines. I don't remember
much about it, I was fairly young, but I am assuming the turbine just ran at
some fairly constant RPM and the tranny handled the speed aspect. I think the
advantage was it had high torque that let him sprint out of the turns. I
should study that some.
--R
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