It seems that my first two posts for the Month of May have involved losing a legend in some way. Yesterday was about Sid Collins, today I pay homage to another legend of the Indianapolis 500 – pole-winning driver Joe Leonard. I’ll try to make tomorrow’s post a little more upbeat.
Archive for May, 2017
The Loss Of Another Legend
Posted in Indianapolis 500 on May 3, 2017 by OilpressureIt Was Forty Years Ago Today
Posted in Indianapolis 500 on May 2, 2017 by Oilpressure
Forty years ago today, we lost one of the main threads that make up the fabric that is the history of the Indianapolis 500. I’m not talking about a driver, car owner or even Tony Hulman – who, himself, passed away a little later on in the fall of 1977. This person was never a chief mechanic and never built a race car. But he is as much a part of the lore of the Indianapolis 500 as AJ Foyt, Wilbur Shaw or Louis Meyer. His name was Sidney Cahn, Jr. – or as he was more commonly known as – Sid Collins, after changing his name in an era of anti-Semitism.
Random Thoughts On Phoenix
Posted in Indianapolis 500, IndyCar on May 1, 2017 by Oilpressure
Welcome to the Month of May! Before discussing Saturday night’s Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, with this being May 1 – I wanted to touch on what will be going on here throughout the month.
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