robert gatten (Offline)
#11
5/26/14 5:22 PM
Bill Vukovich, A.J. Foyt, Jimmy Bryan, Mauri Rose, and the guy that put it in the corner when Mears backed off...Gordon Johncock.
There are two I loved but they never won a race, Loyd Ruby and George "Ziggy" Snyder.
ISF (Offline)
#13
5/26/14 8:36 PM
"Rocket" Rick Mears
Bill Vukovich
A.J. Foyt Jr.
Al Unser Sr.
Ted Horn (In 10 starts in the Indy 500 Ted finished outside the top 4 only once)
Silver Crown Championship Dirt Cars properly driven on a one mile dirt track are classic poetry in motion. Using that analogy, Jack Hewitt is one of the greatest poets of all time.
Stevensville Mike (Offline)
#14
5/27/14 12:53 AM
I'll go nostalgic here:
The Cowboy, Jimmy Bryan. Smoked big cigars.
Bill Vukovich. Won two in a row and lost his life trying for the third.
Al Unser. Four time winner and for winning it in '78 the day before I left for bootcamp.
Mark Donohue. A guy who could have accomplished everything in motorsports until his life was cut short
Jules Goux, 1913. How can you NOT like a guy who had a glass of champagne at every pit stop? Imagine what it would have been like watching the 500 over 100 years ago!
And, if I may, even though he never won it, I'd like to give Lloyd Ruby a provisional. Always loved the patriotic red, white, and blue Mongoose.
Great topic. Thanks for starting the thread.
