Re: [AMC-list] Breedlove's LSR attempt; trivia

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

He's even in wikipedia!
but it says 4th, not 3rd. ?  
and died in a crash less than a year later. : (

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carey_%28American_racecar_driver%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_Indianapolis_500

Ken

Quoting Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> My only Indy connection is that my late wife's grandfather Bob Carey finished
> third in the 500 in 1932.  He was an early member of the 100 mph club too
> (finished the race with an average speed of over 100 mph).
> 
> I'm pretty confident you could contact someone at the Indy Racing Museum (or
> whatever it's called) and they could either provide the 60s/70s rules or put
> you in touch with someone who had the rules archived.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> 
> 
> > Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:53:57 -0800
> > From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> > 
> > in AMC #13:
> > 
> > I'd heard that from some of the Navarro people: Navarro
> > 'lent' one of his
> > turbo-ramblers to Breedlove for Bonneville. So apparently
> > that's true.
> > 
> > There were TWO different turbo sixes:
> > 
> > * stock block, single turbo, 500 - 550 hp. Originally had a
> > huge 5" Dellorto
> > carburetor, then shortly the Hillborn mech. FI.
> > 
> > * modified block, twin turbo, 700 - 750 hp, mechanical FI.
> > The major mod for this block was four bolt mains. Even the
> > "stock" block had
> > mods to oiling, etc.
> > 
> > I've got one of the single turbo, stock two-bolt mains
> > block. It is 182ci.
> > 
> > I can't figure out where or how to read the rules for Indy
> > in those years
> > (67, 68, 69): for whatever class #50 was in, what were the
> > displacement
> > limits?  I always assumed that the 182ci was for the
> > Indy rules, but it
> > would be interesting if the motor I had was for the
> > Bonneville car.
> > 
> > -- Frank Swygert
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