Although I find I-T nothing but Co-inky-dense',
nonetheless, I've managed to meet both past Indy 500 drivers from the Hawaiian
Islands, albeit my encounters were overly brief.
As I'll never forget the overly gruff Mr.
Ongais, when interrupting him nearly a decade ago during his meal in the
Flagroom. But to his credit, Ongais was polite and chatted with us briefly,
before wishing to return to his meal, which was probably gettin' cold!
As Danny's prowess of driving anything with
wheels, including stints in IMSA Sports Car competition, alongside his benefactor
Ted Field got me ponderin' that obscure trivia Questione whilst poondin' away
on my Sebring retrospective story recently.
Trivia Questione
Besides Ongais,
what other drivers have raced in Formula 1, the Indy 500 and the 12 Hours of
Sebring?
F1/Indy 500/Sebring treble Drivers
Mario Andretti; 1967 winner, Michael
Andretti, Derek Daly, Mark Donohue, Christian Fittipaldi, George Follmer, Masten
Gregory, Dan Gurney, Graham Hill, Phil Hill; 1958 winner, David Hobbs, Denny
Hulme, Bruce McLaren; 1967 winner, Sam Posey; 1975 winner, Bobby Rahal; 1987
winner, Peter Revson and Jackie Stewart.
As the list above
is just what I could think up off of My Noggin', with the exception of
Christian Fittipaldi, before arduously reviewing each candidate's name above.
Whilst I've got NO
idea who I've missed? For which Y'all are welcome to address via commenting...
As I find this an interesting Questione since
although Daytona's Rolex 24 gets A-L-L the Hype! And publicity as Sports Cars
Crown Jewell Stateside, for Mwah, only Real Racers run at Sebring!
The "Other Hawaiian," nee IndyCar
driver who seemingly gets overlooked, unfortunately just passed away recently
when he accidently tipped over his crane at a remote worksite nearby Silverton,
Colorado.
As I had the opportunity to "Meet 'N
Greet" Mr. Alsup during a
"conga-line" autograph session during the 2012 Legends Day
outing at Mother Speedway, where I acquired his John Hancock.
Ironically, there's an Alsup name plastered
all over late 1970's Sebring 12 Hours race results, along with a Rutherford. As
ARSE-Sumedly it's the same late Bill Alsup.
Meanwhile, I've
got zero idea if anythingys' ever progressed on the Kona Motorsports Park
project, for which I last heard of nearly two years ago. But then again Kona's
on Island Time, so who knows, eh?
Aloha!
