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

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know who is right (4th or 3rd).  I seem to recall that the family always said it was third place, but I was wrong about the 2.2 million mile Volvo yesterday so I'm not claiming to be perfectly accurate.  

Bob was killed at Ascot (old Ascot Speedway) in April 1933 here in California.  Racing was dangerous back in the 1930s.  

Joe Fulton

--- On Tue, 12/22/09, Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Breedlove's LSR attempt; trivia
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 2:07 PM
> 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
> > > Publisher, "American Motors Cars" Magazine (AMC)
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