Over the years the Indy 500 has seen its share of innovative racers as well as the weird attempts to bend the rules. An example of the former is Mickey Thompson’s 1963 entry, the Harvey Aluminum Special, better known as the Roller Skate for its tiny 12-inch wheels. Thompson ran afoul of the rules with those diminutive doughnuts and had to switch them out for 15-inch Halibrands for the race.
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Last Call: Skating Over Tradition
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Not much going on,so here is an Indian on an Indian.
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It goes even further. It’s an Indian Chief on an Indian Chief.
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http://images17.fotki.com/v147/photos/1/1011428/5752886/63HotRodHarvey-vi.jpg
Pretty fine looking in Light Blue.
http://images49.fotki.com/v109/photos/1/1011428/5752886/63IndyCarterHarveyAluminium-vi.jpg
Or red.
http://images42.fotki.com/v663/photos/1/1011428/5752886/63IndyMiller62Harvey-vi.jpg
Riding on 15s.
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