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At first, the distinctions among midgets, big cars and championship cars were not always well defined. By moving the front axle, the same car might run as either a big car or a championship car; while championship and non-championship big cars often raced together. By the early 1950s, however, the championship-level cars that raced at Indianapolis were becoming increasingly specialized, largely to lower the center of gravity. And by the early 1960s, people were calling the more upright, non-championship big cars sprint cars - probably because they usually raced in shorter events.
Floyd Trevis built midgets in the 1940s, and his first Indianapolis car in 1946, the twin-engine, four-wheel drive Lou Fageol Twin Coach Special, which Paul Russo qualified second and then wrecked 40 miles into the race. Trevis also re-built the chassis that became A.J. Foyt's Indy-winning 1961 Bowes Seal Fast Special.
Trevis built sprint cars as well for Dave & Lou Blaney, Lynn Paxton, Dick Tobias, Jan Opperman, Gary Bettenhausen, Ralph Ligouri, Bobby & Sheldon Kinser, and many other top drivers. One of Trevis' most successful sprinters was 'Old Blue,' built in 1970 and powered by a 377 cubic-inch, 600 horsepower Chevrolet small-block. Driven by Paul Pitzer and Kenny Weld, it won over 150 races for owner Bob Weikert, including the Knoxville Nationals in 1972 and 1973, the Williams Grove 150 in 1972 and 1973, and the Florida Winternationals in 1972. It is now owned by the Bob Weikert Family and is usually on display at the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing in York Springs, Pennsylvania. TrevisCraft, the company Floyd founded, still manufactures race cars in North Lima, Ohio.
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| -This weekend's Honda Grand Prix of Alabama will be the fourth IZOD IndyCar Series event at the scenic, 2-3-mile Barber Motorsports Park circuit, and marks the third year American Honda has served as title sponsor of the event. -American Honda also sponsored last month's season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg; and will again be the title sponsor of the Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in August. In addition to these three events, Honda Canada entitles the Honda Indy T...[Read more...] | |
| ALL-AMERICAN CAR TO BE CONSERVED BY ALL-AMERICAN RACERS | |
 | One of the race cars American racing legend Dan Gurney is most closely associated with is the Ford Mark IV that he and A.J. Foyt took to a historic victory at the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans. Gurney will get a chance to become even more familiar with the car he helped make famous when his All-American Racers shop in California takes possession of the car's conservation on behalf of Henry Ford Museum, it was announced today. 'I don't think we could have found a better person or better organiza...[Read more...] |
| THE UNDERDOG UPSET CHARLES DRESSING'S RETELLING OF SEBRING'S 1983 RACE | |
 | Americans love underdogs but hate losers. And we really love upsets because they turn reality inside out and generally make the mighty look weak. So when anyone demands a prediction, I try to hide because I always remember some races that didn't quite go the way the experts reckoned: the 1954 Sebring 12 Hours, 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, the start of the 1958 Race of Two Worlds at Monza (not the whole race, but the start sure was a great moment for sports car types). And then … there was the...[Read more...] |
| Limited-Edition Ford Racing History Artwork Unveiled at SEMA; Limited-Edition Print Sales to Benefit JDRF | |
 | •Special limited-edition Ford Racing history artwork is unveiled at the annual SEMA show as part of the Ford press conference •Famed automotive artist Sam Bass created the artwork at the request of Edsel B. Ford II, with proceeds from sales of limited-edition autographed prints benefiting JDRF •Drivers and Ford race vehicles featured on the special artwork include Henry Ford (Sweepstakes), Trevor Bayne (No. 21 Fusion), Dan Gurney/A.J. Foyt (Ford Mark IV), Bob Glidden (NHRA Thunderbird), Jack...[Read more...] |
| 45Th Anniversary Of 'All-American' Victory At 1967 Le Mans | |
 | Forty-five years ago this past week, American racing history was made, and thus far has neve rbeen matched again. With the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend, Racing in America reflects on the 45th anniversary of the Ford Mark IV claiming the second of four consecutive victories for Ford Motor Company cars at LeMans, arguably the greatest American racing victory on foreign soil. That day in 1967, the stunning red Mark IV, now in the procession of Henry Ford Museum as part of its Racing in ...[Read more...] |
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