Inventory Automobiles On The Strip: This Video From The 1967 USAC NASCAR Yankee 300 At Indianapolis Raceway Park Guidelines
Okay, that is totally and completely superior…particularly if you’re a dork like me. You’re about to see video from the 1967 USAC NASCAR Yankee 300 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. See, there are two well-known racing services in Indy (okay greater than that however simply go together with me right here). There’s IMS, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and there’s IRP Indianapolis Raceway Park. The primary one is the place they run the Indy 500 and the second is the place they run the NHRA US Nationals. That’s the place this video was shot. See, there’s a now defunct highway course that runs across the place and makes use of the drag strip as a half mile lengthy straight. I had no concept that IRP ran this occasion for years the weekend earlier than the Indy 500 however it’s good.
Why is it so sensible? You might have a spot loaded to the brim with racing followers! You even have a spot brimming with race automotive driver expertise and identify recognition. The lineup for this race was unbelievable and reads identical to a rundown of the individuals who would finally begin the five hundred the following weekend. Andretti, Foyt, Jones, and so on. They’re all on this factor, banging fenders in massive previous metal automobiles on a flat highway course. So good!
This was additionally an extremely harmful race. You will notice automobiles sneaking behind insufficient guardrails into areas the place spectators are and additionally, you will see essentially the most lethal trying pit row in racing historical past. The groups have been simply lined up on the skin of the straight! No wall, no safety, no nothing to cease somebody from mowing them down like so many bowling pins. There are some shut calls there as properly.
Lastly, the beginning of the race is superb with the man on the pole actually making an attempt to drive Parnelli Jones off the highway earlier than the flag drops! That is a lot enjoyable!
Press play under to see this 1967 USAC NASCAR Yankee 300 footage –
