Long forgotten Indianapolis Times Front page
regaling Jimmy Clark’s Indianapolis 500 victory. (The Tomaso Collection)
As the British Invasion was in full force at the
Speedway…
This just in
from No Fenders Offical’ Photographer CARPETS’. Who recently found His old copy
of the 1965 Indianapolis Times Newspaper, whose Headline proclaims: Jimmy Clark
Wins With Record 150.636. (mph)
Underneath it
says Parnelli Second Andretti Third.
I had Parnelli
autograph it years back. He cringed at the Headlines, don't
remember what he said, then he laughed and signed it. ‘Ol Rufus is
a great guy.
Guess I need to
get Mario to sign it now.
Having just learned
that that’s a collectors item in more than one way. Since the Indianapolis
Times ceased publication on October 11, 1965.
As CARPETS’ memorabilia
made me flash back to the time I got ‘Ol rufus Parnelli Jones “John Handcock”
at Pacific Raceways, ironically twenty years ago this summer.
During that year’s
SOVREN Fourth ‘O July Vintage Race. On a magazine commemorating the Trans Am
series, which I’d previously had Dan Gurney autograph…
Whilst here’s a long ago No Fenders tome
loosely incorporating thee legendous’ Jimmy Clark and Lotus’s victory on the hallowed
Milwaukee Mile. When the Flying Scot and Colin Chapman scored the first rear
engine USAC victory sixty years ago.
http://www.nofenders.net/2012/06/retro-lotus-victorious-during-time-when.html
While it’s somewhat hard to believe it’s eleven years now since the Luddi’ Powered by Judd (Lotus) lumps’ failed so miserably!
