For the past nine days, we have been living nostalgically in the Month of May. I’ve spent the past several days listening to old episodes of The Talk of Gasoline Alley with Donald Davidson, as well as new nightly episodes of Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee and Beyond the Bricks with Jake Query & Mike Thomsen. I’ve also subjected Susan to random videos covering the past 80 years of the Indianapolis 500. Well, the Month of May gets real starting today.
Sonsio Grand Prix Preview
Posted in Indianapolis 500 on May 10, 2024 by OilpressureA Look Ahead, Over the Next Three Weekends
Posted in Indianapolis 500 on May 9, 2024 by Oilpressure
As most of you know, I live by the mantra “Change is Bad”. In March of 2019, John McLallen and I did our last One Take Only for about three years. So Paul Dalbey of Fieldof33.com and I decided to do a video blog that combined our two sites – Hence the ultra-clever name Two Sites Unite.
The 2024 Indianapolis 500 Trivia Contest
Posted in Indianapolis 500 on May 8, 2024 by Oilpressure
It’s time once again for a May tradition on this site – the 2024 Oilpressure.com Trivia Contest. Not much has changed because, well…you know – Change is Bad!
Don’t Blink
Posted in Indianapolis 500 on May 7, 2024 by Oilpressure
By Susan Phillips
It’s hard to believe this will be the 20th year I will be attending the Indianapolis 500 with my son, Eric. Hard to believe that time has gone by so fast. I think of that middle school kid with braces that first year that began the streak in 2004. That was the year of the tornado after the race and I figured he would never come back. Instead, it was a the start of a love that would last over 20 years, hopefully. Lucky for him Tony Kanaan has been racing for 22 years, as he has been a fan ever since Kanaan won the Nashville race in 2004. He has a die cast of every car that Kanaan drove until his retirement. I don’t know what he will do this year. Who will he root for his year?
Wally Dallenbach: A Man Worthy of Respect
Posted in Indianapolis 500 on May 6, 2024 by Oilpressure
Last week, we lost another popular Indianapolis 500 driver from my childhood. Wally Dallenbach was a rookie in the 1967 Indianapolis 500 and his last appearance on the track was in 1981, after he had already retired and was in his tenure as Chief Steward for CART. Dallenbach passed away last Monday April 29 at the age of 87.
A Bad Way to Start the Month
Posted in Indianapolis 500 on May 3, 2024 by Oilpressure
You were warned on Wednesday that this was coming. You just didn’t know when it would be. After almost a year away, One Take Only is back! For those that are new, back in 2011 – my good friend and now former co-worker, John McLallen and I started doing a video blog called One Take Only. We got the name because we weren’t going to try and be professional about this. We would go into each one totally unscripted, unrehearsed and unedited. If we made a mistake or a flub, we would just leave it in. We tried to make it like two guys talking in a bar. Some have hated these from day one (including family members of mine), while others love them. Those who know us both say they are no different than going to lunch with the two of us.
“Bill Vukovich: The Man Who Wouldn’t Lift”
Posted in Indianapolis 500 on May 2, 2024 by Oilpressure
I don’t read as many books as I used to. It seems there are fewer and fewer hours in each day. It used to be that my best book-reading time was bedtime. But I now find my iPad has become my bedtime source for reading, and hardback books have gone by the wayside. I have two IndyCar-related books on my bedside table that were new releases when I bought them; Indy Split and Al Unser, Jr: A Checkered Past. They are now over two years old. It’s probably been that long since I’ve read any book. That all changed last month, and it was very refreshing.
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