Indy's Wildest Decade: Innovation and Revolution at the Brickyard

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For race fans in America, the month of May has always meant one thing: the biggest spectacle in racing, the Indianapolis 500. It's a race that has captured our attention from the moment Ray Harroun took the first checkered flag in 1911. Indy racing has been so fascinating because it has always been a showcase for racing technology -- big purses and major sponsors have ensured that Indy would always attract the fastest of the fast. Over the years, the 500 and its racers have produced a pendulum-like swing between ...
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For race fans in America, the month of May has always meant one thing: the biggest spectacle in racing, the Indianapolis 500. It's a race that has captured our attention from the moment Ray Harroun took the first checkered flag in 1911. Indy racing has been so fascinating because it has always been a showcase for racing technology -- big purses and major sponsors have ensured that Indy would always attract the fastest of the fast. Over the years, the 500 and its racers have produced a pendulum-like swing between periods of wild innovation and a conservative "run what wins" philosophy. The latter is exemplified by the '20s, when the Millers dominated so thoroughly, and the '50s, when the traditional Offy-powered roadsters ruled. The Miller era was upset by the Great Depression and subsequent introduction of the "Junk Formula" in 1930. The new rules resulted in a "run what ya brung" ethic that brought all kinds of machines and ideas to the brickyard. In the '40s though, it became clear that an Offy-powered roadster was the way to go, and those cars began a new era of domination that lasted into the early '60s.

And that's when all hell broke loose. In 1961, a diminutive British Grand Prix car tried its hand at Indy. Jack Brabham's rear-engine Cooper-Climax didn't have the horsepower to beat the roadsters, but its light weight and nimble handling gave it a decided edge in the corners. Suddenly, the Offy roadsters were under attack. Rear-engine cars, stock-block engines, turbines, twin-engine Porsches, Diesels ... you name it, somebody tried racing it at Indy in the 1960s. The battle intensified when Ford entered the fray in 1963, leading to the first rear-engine win when Jimmy Clark drove a Lotus-Ford to victory in 1965. Within a few years, the roadsters were little more than relics, as advances in tires, engines, aerodynamics, and race car engineering left them in the dust. It was the wildest decade ever for America's biggest race.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781884089718
  • Publisher: CarTech, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 8/28/2004
  • Pages: 192
  • Product dimensions: 10.25 (w) x 10.25 (h) x 0.75 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface 4
Introduction 6
Chapter 1 Indianapolis--The Greatest Race and "Real" Race Cars 8
Chapter 2 The "Junk Formula"--Hard Times 20
Chapter 3 Rise and Fall of the Roadsters 42
Chapter 4 1961 - The Revolution Begins 58
Chapter 5 1962 - Ward and Jones Prove it--Roadsters Still Rule 66
Chapter 6 1963 - Ford Enters the Fray 78
Chapter 7 1964 - Ford Debuts its DOHC 94
Chapter 8 1965 - Lotus-Ford Victory Begins The Rear-Engine Reign 112
Chapter 9 1966 - Rookie Graham Hill Wins Indy 126
Chapter 10 1967 - STP Turbines Take Off 144
Chapter 11 1968 - Gurney's Eagles Begin Their Ascent 156
Chapter 12 1969 - Granatelli Gets His First Win 174
Chapter 13 1970 - It's an All-Turbo Show 184
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