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motorsport.com
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Gary Bettenhausen shows off what may be the most beautiful race car ever built. Indianapolis, May 27, 2001
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Photo by Thomas Burnside
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Portrait from the Fall, 1963, issue of Automobile Quarterly
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Lee Wallard, winner of the 1951 Indianapolis 500
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From "Offenhauser" by Gordon Eliot White
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No. 99 is shown in 1949 at the Meyer & Drake engine shop in Los Angeles where a supercharged Offenhauser midget engine was installed in the chassis built by Frank Kurtis. (The body was originally painted red, but became blue with yellow and gold accents after it was purchased by Murrell Belanger in 1950.) Lou Meyer is seated in the car, and the others, left to right, are: unknown, Eddie LaVoie, Bob Binyon, George Salih, Takeo Hirashima, (front) Dale Drake, Lem Drake, Ole Pearson, (back), Ron Pearson, Hank Mahler, Al Doig and Jack McCracken.
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Photos courtesy of John J. Reed
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Model built by John Snowberger, son of the Indy driver Russ Snowberger.
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The Milwaukee Journal
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Milwaukee, Aug. 27, 1950, Chuck Stevenson leads. He set a track record of 36.45 in qualifying.
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| May 30 |
Indianapolis |
500 |
Lee Wallard |
| June 10 |
Milwaukee |
100 |
Tony Bettenhausen |
| June 24 |
Langhorne, Pa. |
100 |
Tony Bettenhausen |
| Aug. 18 |
Springfield, Ill. |
100 |
Tony Bettenhausen |
| Sept. 1 |
DuQuoin, Ill. |
100 |
Tony Bettenhausen |
| Sept. 3 |
DuQuoin, Ill. |
100 |
Tony Bettenhausen |
| Sept. 8 |
Syracuse |
100 |
Tony Bettenhausen |
| Sept. 23 |
Denver |
100 |
Tony Bettenhausen |
| Oct. 21 |
San Jose, Calif |
100 |
Tony Bettenhausen |
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Denver, Sept. 23, 1951, l. to r., Frenchie Sirois, Bus Brownell and Dale Worley.
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Below, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
From 1986 Marlboro Indianapolis 500 Salute:
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A car that was gorgeous, even on a hauler.
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