Photo Identification
 

Can anyone identify this car and driver?

Originally Posted by PIT CART:
Can anyone identify this car and driver?

Would this be Dick Atkins in J C Agajanians car? 1965 or 66?

My son got these at goodwill and gave them to me for Christmas. 4 pictures in all and the only I can identify is Chad B in the Hazen car.

Does anyone know if this could be Parnelli Jones?

Could be, jc ran that number, as well as I, in those days, but it isn't me

Also a could be, Pj ran a similar car at Indy in those days, another good guess

Oops, overlap, Chris Baue might know, he was involved with the Jones family at a later time

I’ve seen this photo before and I think it is Dick Atkins at the Sacramento mile in October of 1966, his 1st Dirt champ car win. Sadly 3 weeks later he perished at Ascot along with Don Branson.

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Great video , Thanks everybody for the feedback.

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Vookie, Im taking that post as a christmas gift. Thank you and Merry Christmas

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Just for the sake of argument, this site here says it is Parnelli:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/parnel...7451782393024/

Same exact pic.

https://i.postimg.cc/KYjwsDnH/Sprint-Car-Racing.jpg

Ole Rufus, well I'll be darned, wouldn't that blow your skirt up!

Do you have Bing, I do,AI I reckon, kinda hard to get used to, pretty defining

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Billy Vukovich, about 68 or 69, in Agajanian's dirt car. Indy Mile. Hoosier Hundred.

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Originally Posted by Vookie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uri308oa1I8

That was great! Thank-you for posting! I rarely watch this stuff (cuz u can't stop...), but that was a wonderful 7min 56sec video to take in on this Christmas morning!

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Originally Posted by B99:
Billy Vukovich, about 68 or 69, in Agajanian's dirt car. Indy Mile. Hoosier Hundred.

You are correct. :) And it is 1969, not '68.

The paint job and number match 1969 and the little diagonal decal under the number on the nose is one from Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid which was the Agajanian sponsor in 1969.

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Who ever it is, and where ever it is, it is one beautiful racecar, excellent photo and a its a dirt track that has a cushion. That boys and girls is what racing should be all about. I know we can't go back to those days, but in my opinion USAC pulling dirt cars off the Championship Trail to appease the new set of indy car owners started the demise of the sport we follow. I still follow Indy Car but it sure is not as great as it was.

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All these years later ...and the shots from a distance, from turn 3 looking at them coming down backstretch, they really don't look that much different.

That's why, if I can help it, I never miss Springfield or DuQuoin

What a goodwill find!