The Driver Speaks: Zeke Meyer
Aug 13, 2021
“I had just the kind of race I had planned My idea was to start cautiously and gradually speed up I’ve been racing at Indianapolis since 1926 - ran second once, third once, and last year drove relief for Louie Schneider, who won I knew that a lot of cars would crack up or drop out with mechanical trouble, so I figured on going carefully and
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The Driver Speaks: Peter Kreis
Mar 31, 2021
I knew after the first few laps of the race that the terrific pace the leaders were setting would soon wear out most of the cars so I chose to hold my average speed within striking distance and made a definite bid for a formidable position later on
In the 59th lap, the right rear tire blew out and I skidded in front of Billy Arnold who
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Race Day – 1933 Indy 500
Feb 02, 2021
Studebaker returned to the Indy 500 in 1933 with the same five-car team it had in 1932 Four of the five cars received new bodies that were developed with the aid of wind-tunnel testing at the University of Michigan The engines received some minor tweaks and were relocated in the chassis for better weight distribution but little else was
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Race Day – 1932 Indy 500
Oct 16, 2020
Buoyed by the success of the privately-entered Studebaker-powered racers at the 1931 Indianapolis 500, the Studebaker Corporation fielded a factory-backed five-car team for the 1932 Indy 500 The Studebaker cars were patterned after the Hunt Special and featured chassis and bodies built by Indianapolis race car builder Herman Rigling Most of
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Studebaker at the Brickyard
Aug 07, 2020
The Indianapolis 500 is considered by many to be America’s greatest racing spectacle Many legendary names have competed on the 25 mile oval on Indianapolis’ west side In the early 1930s, the Studebaker Corporation entered the Brickyard fray
Through much of the 1920s, the ‘500 was dominated by expensive purpose-built race cars In
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Setting the Pace: Studebaker’s Pace Cars
Jun 19, 2020
The Studebaker Corporation was selected to provide the pace car for the Indianapolis 500 on four occasions: 1929, 1940, 1952, and 1962 The concept of the pace car in motorsports originated at the first 500 in 1911 A rolling start was desired instead of the customary standing start, and a pace car was introduced to keep the field in
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