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3/22/11, 8:52 PM   #1
USAC sprints 1956-1969 that still exist
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I thought we could attempt to compile a list of sprints that ran USAC between 1956 and 1969 that still exist today. I'll start.

Branson Wynns #3-restored
Foyt Bowes #1-restored
Foyt Traco #2/21-in pieces
Hinnershitz Pfrommer #1-needs restoring
Stapp #4-restored
Meskowski #9-restored
Meskowski #1-restored
Bogar #99-restored
Fike #1-being restored as it ran in Australia
City of Syracuse #1/2/24-needs restoring

Your turn!
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3/23/11, 9:05 AM   #2
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Dr. Ward Dunseth owned Paul Leffler wrenched #1 that won the USAC championship with Greg Weld driving in 1967. Saw this car at the Winchester Old Timers weekend a couple of years ago...still think it is the most beautiful sprint car ever.

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3/23/11, 12:21 PM   #3
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Unfortunately that is not the real car. Still beautiful though!
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3/23/11, 8:14 PM   #4
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The Dunseth #16 Jud Larson was killed in is incorrectly restored as the Cheesman #25. The real Cheesman car Sachs drove was destroyed at New Bremen in May 1964.
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3/26/11, 2:09 PM   #5
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Not a new addition to the list; but a photo of the car from the 2009 Ameila Island Concours.

I couldn't figure out how to attach the photo here; but if you go to the album, AC WOLF restored race cars, it is there along with a couple of others.
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3/26/11, 4:22 PM   #6
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Wrong same car!
 
4/28/11, 6:29 AM   #7
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Does the Foyt sprint car in the Indianapolis Speedway Museum fit the criteria?
 
5/3/11, 11:08 AM   #8
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They've got a couple more of Foyt's old Sprints in the basement of the museum.... original condition.... like going back in time. I think I remember there still being dirt on the tires! I wish they'd expand the museum or let more folks go down in the basement.

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They've got a couple more of Foyt's old Sprints in the basement of the museum.... original condition.... like going back in time. I think I remember there still being dirt on the tires! I wish they'd expand the museum or let more folks go down in the basement. There are so many amazing pieces of machinery down there
 
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5/18/11, 1:18 PM   #9
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They've got a couple more of Foyt's old Sprints in the basement of the museum.... original condition.... like going back in time. I think I remember there still being dirt on the tires! I wish they'd expand the museum or let more folks go down in the basement.

---------- Post added at 11:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:08 AM ----------

They've got a couple more of Foyt's old Sprints in the basement of the museum.... original condition.... like going back in time. I think I remember there still being dirt on the tires! I wish they'd expand the museum or let more folks go down in the basement. There are so many amazing pieces of machinery down there
I am restoring Dave Lefever's Car No. 32 (Watson design) ran from 1968 to 72 with Merle Bettenhausen and Billy Thrasher driving among others. Pictures in USAC 1956-80 on pages 122, 130 and 133. Brian Johnson Florida.
 
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