1967 Rex Mays 300 November 28, 1967
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- 1967 Rex Mays 300 November 28, 1967
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I love this era of racing. The danger makes it heroic, not the boring bumper cars like we have today. Dan Gurney for President...
My all time hero, the Greatest of the Greats,
Jim Clark.!
When we lost Jimmy in April 68 I was totally
devastated & as a 10yr
old kid it took me years to even talk about it.
In all the time since, I've seen some absolutely great race car drivers, but no better driver than Jim Clark. The G.O.A.T.
I'm right there with you @alanmarsden4422. I was in disbelief when I first heard the awful news and even now some 55+ years later I often times catch myself wondering, what could have been? Jimmy Clark and A.J. Foyt are my all time favorite drivers...and, always will be! Thank you for your VERY real and honest assessment of that sad and unthinkable event which took place at The Hockenheimring in a race which was frankly beneath him. But, he was loyal to Colin Chapman and so he went when asked. The G.O.A.T. INDEED!!! Jimmy Clark=Pure of mind, pure of heart and fast as h3ll. But, NEVER hard on his equipment. He was THAT smooth!
I remember watching this race on the ABC-TV (US) _Wide World of Sports_ on late Saturday afternoon back then.
This telecast of this race was delayed by six days, as this race ran on the previous Sunday and televised on the following Saturday. Live auto races were still in its infancy at that time.
But even with the delayed televising of this race, the scant info available back then was only with radio, TV, and print; with motorsports being on the low-rung of sports reporting in newspapers and TV/radio news sports segments; so chances were high, such as with me, of being clueless who won the race the previous Sunday. So for me, this race was akin to viewing it live.
It was extremely gratifying to see Dan Gurney win this race; as while always a top-notch competitor, the equipment would not reliably hold up to the strenuous demands he placed on them; so he had a high drop-out rate in the early to mid-years of his racing career.
It was televised races such as this one that got me hooked on motorports until the mid-1970s.
What a field of great drivers. I love this era of racing, except for the danger of course.
i was just thinking that fire is always the biggest danger!
Great race and so much talent. Love that Clark ride in the Rollie Vollstedt ride....a $23,000 dollar engine...interesting comment...now it would be a 200k engine. A great race for the sprint car driver McCluskey giving up one of his best rides and AJ said he owed the championship to him...... These guys used to do it all and cared more for the sport than themselves
The olds only racing on tv was wide world of sports and you only saw a small part between ice dancing and swimming but the guys calling the race were great names
Grew up in Indy in the 60's, All these Drivers were my heros! Pacers & the ABA were just starting off
Art Scholl (the pilot who did that spectacular demonstration run during the pre-race), sadly died in a crash during the production of Top Gun in 1985.
What happened exactly?
racing almost in December today there done in early september, the spirit has gone out of racing!
Happy to see this race on YT and not only the opening laps of this race
I've been looking for this ever since it was taken down a couple of years ago. Thanks!
What a race What a year for Dan
I was there, 14 years old
Look at Foytrunning back to the pits!
Dan Gurney was a true gentleman!
He should of ran for president bring some class to the White House!
BS. Foyt would never give up a car to another driver. Especially if he was leading at the time.
It is ironic then that A.J. gave up his career at "The Speedway" so that he could focus more intently on his young protégée Robby Gordon in 1993. (Non fans of Foyt would/could pick this observation clean apart. But a TRUE IndyCar Fan would never stoop to such a LOW level.) 35 straight qualifications for the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" is NOT an easy thing to turn and walk away from. Even if your best days were in the rear view mirror!