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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 2000 – 2010
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In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race. This is the final chapter in this series, and it discusses the Pace Cars from 2000…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1990 – 1999
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In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race, starting in 1950, and run by decade all the way up to 2010. I covered the…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1980 – 1989
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In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race. We have already discovered the Pace Cars of the 50s, the 60s, and the 70s, so…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1970 – 1979
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In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race. We have already discovered the Pace Cars of the 50s and the 60s, so its onto…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1960 – 1969
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In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race. We have already discovered the Pace Cars of the 50s, so its onto the venerable 1960s.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1950 – 1959
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In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race, starting in 1950, and run by decade all the way up to 2010. Let’s start with…
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So, This is What This olelongrooffan…
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…was watching on the old SpeedVision during the late 80’s and early 90’s. BMW E30 M3’s, Ford Cosworths (Merkur here in the States) although you, my fellow Hoons, knew that, Audi 5000’s, Volvo 240’s, an occasional Alfa Romero, a rare Fox body Mustang and tons of Mercedes 190 Evolutions…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: When NASCAR was Cool; The Historic Grand National Stock Car Association
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While I was over at Brian Lohnes blog BangShift, I discovered an earlier posting he did about the Historic Grand National Stock Car Association. Read more about the association after the break.
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Auto Racing Must Be Outlawed!
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[singlepic id=1541 w= h= float=center] This was the rally cry of senator Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon, in this January 1959 article from Mechanix Illustrated. Four years after the Le Mans disaster, a year Brock Yates labeled “one of professional sports car racing’s worst years,” Neuberger decried auto racing as “wanton, tragically unnecessary bloodshed.” In…
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Speaking of Peter Max: The Dale Earnhardt All Star 2000 Monte Carlo Racecar
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One of the oddest parings in NASCAR History was the May 2000 All Star Paint Scheme by the 1960’s artist Peter Max for one of the toughest drivers in NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt. I was made aware of this car by a good friend of Hooniverse, smokyburnout. Go here for the history of the car. Source:…
