Richie; if you know the photographer; please send me either a link or email so I can get in touch with him !!!

I don't know who Terry Callahan is. I just found the photo in a Google search. But, I did find a website and email address where you can contact him. Hope this helps.

http://www.theautochannel.com/callahan/

or email: sports@theautochannel.com

While complaints about ride buying are legit, I wonder how often people really use "ride buying" as code words for
"I don't like foreign drivers, and refuse to give them any credit, but that's not PC, so I'll just say they bought their way into the race."

To run 500 miles today in these cars is like the old timers running 1000 miles back in the day.

This race is NOTHING to what it used to be, and todays drivers couldn't carry the old timers helmet bag.

Isn't even fair to compare them to each other.

really tired of reading about good drivers not being able to get good rides. Hell several GOOD drivers can't even get a ride in USAC. I never thought I would see the day when Indy cars would get more cars than usac would get at Anderson for a sprint car race. Yup it sucks we will never get to see hines or darland in a car, but when all of the young guns are takeing there money to Nascar, the irl is doing what it can. Remember back in the day budwiser had a car in both, now it cost so much to sponsor a nascar there is no budget for an indy car. Problem #2 Tobacco put a hell of a lot of race cars on the track, but now that can not be done either. Society thinks that individuals can not think for themselves for some reason. I can not wait for the day when people realize the top dogs today want daytona, not indy.

Indy is always great, one of my favorite races. i enjoyed this years race. Very impressed with the safety team, as they were chasing the wrecked cars down. normally the safter truck was at the car 10-20 seconds after it stopped moving. thats impressive.

I think we all understand that today's cars are easier to drive than the cars were in, say, Troy Ruttman or Tony Bettenhausen Sr.'s day. But let's not make it out like any average American could just hop in today's cars and turn a 225 mph lap.

Penske's team is still funded by Phillip Morris. Penske is on the P-M board of directors. It doesn't say Marlboro on his two IndyCars. But look at the color scheme and the paint design. It's still identical to what has been on them for many years.

yes but where are the kool cars, or camel cars. ever remember kodiac or Skoal on a car? I do not use these products, and have no idea of any mergers, but you have to notice them missing. Trust me seadog i agree with you on these cars. Have you ever noticed how the cars look orange and white at the track, but are red and white on tv?

I was a HUGE Darrell Waltrip and Harry Gant fan back in the day and their sponsors were Budweiser and Skoal respectively yet I don't smoke or drink. I was also a USAC Skoal National MIdget series fan also. I was also the biggest Winston Cup fan in Peoria, IL when it was called Winston Cup. I agree completely with you 767. People need to make their own choices and be held accountable for their own choices and not blame someone else. I don't care if the tobacco companies claimed that cigarettes would give you perfect health when infact they kill you. If people want to smoke let them and if the tobacco companies want to sponsor racing let them. If we stopped everyone advertising something that is proven to hurt you we would never have ads because cars create green house gases, alcohol is obvious it leads to alot of bad things, hell the new "miracle drugs" either cause you to pee to much, not pee enough, crap to much, not crap enough, grow hair, go bald, deform your unborn baby, get a stiffy for too long and on and on, and Dr. Phil's ads make you wish you never turned on the TV. People must make their own decisions and the government needs to but the hell out.

Richie; thank you very much for the Link