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Originally Posted by Joe Schaub
Dan Gurney's now infamous "White Paper" started the rift and the progression of more pavement racing and the disdain for two radical chassis's ultimately lead to it.
It could have all be stopped in 1961 had USAC banned the Cooper Climax at Indy.
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Gurney's White Paper was penned in early 1978 and had nothing to do with dirt versus asphalt and everything to do with the financial potential of the series. But, yeah, I know, the truth always gets in the way of a good Penske bashing and a story about how evil furriners and nancy boy road racers wanted to ruin the Indy 500.