Indy 50 years ago
 

In 1968 a couple of racers from CA. brought a new racing innovation with them to Indy and installed it in another racers Stocker.The car was said to pick up nearly 2 tenths.What was it? And no it wasn't a bottle of nitrous.LOL

Re: Indy 50 years ago
 

8 inch converter.....

Re: Indy 50 years ago
 

Just talked about this last Saturday at breakfast. Opel. You guys have spies out here in AZ?

Re: Indy 50 years ago
 

John Barkley held the record in I/SA in 1966 with a p/g in a ‘57 Chev. I think it may already have had an Opel converter in it. So that’s 2 years earlier and the Opel converter was a 9” , or so I thought it was. Don't really know as I never had one. Sedan deliveries were still popular in ‘68 and won some classes at Indy and other events. Most cars with powerglides were slower than hydro equipped SD’s. A lot slower sometimes. I don’t recall any other p/g cars starting to run fast until later than ‘68.....Barkley/Ripes were the first to run fast with a p/g. I bought an A-1 9" converter around 1979.

Re: Indy 50 years ago
 

Early trans brake

RJ

Re: Indy 50 years ago
 

No spies, just a reasonable cell phone plan....LOL,,,,,,

Re: Indy 50 years ago
 

Anybody remember Elwin Westbrook?...

Re: Indy 50 years ago
 

Sure do.............

Good guy, good racer and a very good engine builder back when we had rules