But who knows How long they’ll be on Display,
before something else get’s rotated in…
Like I’ve already said before, How can you go wrong
when you’re surrounded by a veritable Treasure Trove of vintage Indianapolis
500 winners! Even if you cannot See ‘em? Although if I try Hard enough, surely
I can feel their amazing Aura. Not to mention the voices of Tom Carnegie, Dave
Calabro and Bob Jenkins over Mother Speedway’s PA system.
Along with Good ‘Ol
Jimmy Nabors Crooning some ‘Ol song about the Wabash Back Home somewheres’ in
Indiana…
But what I enjoy most about returning to the
Penske Racing Museum whenever possible. Besides the obvious, like simply being
in a building surrounded by Awesome racing cars! Is you never know what new
choices will be On-hand in the ever changing rotation of Display vehicles…
As my latest visit last October included three
new Indy Cars for Mwah that I’d never seen Up Close ‘N Personal before! And
Hopefully Blogmeister Miguel will eventually teach me How to load Images back
onto the new Blogger platform, since they had to Bugger everythingy’ up, Urgh!
Although I cannot
figure out how to get Blogger to work correctly, Sigh! I did figure out another
labourious “Work Around” to load single images separately. Although I cannot
see where the miniature Add Caption tab is, but I digress…
The first was totally unknown to Mwah, albeit I guessed the year and who it was correctly.
Being Josef Newgarden’s 2017 IndyCar Championship winning mount. As the All
Black No. 2 Dallara Chevrolet was resplendent in HUM by Verizon sponsorship,
Who?
Yet upon “consulting” with Ye Elders Statesman of
IndyCar Bloggers Geo. Phillips of Oilpressure Fame. George told me that Juan
Pablo Montoya had run this livery briefly during 2016, along with Newgarden
once or twice the following year.
And from what little I could garner off of Ye
All knowing Intrawoods’. (Internet) HUM was, or still is? Verizon’s “all in One
Connected Car System,” ergo Automated “Wired” Automobiles system, that could
monitor your vehicle’s performance and tell you when you needed to change the
Oil, etc.
As it would have been nice to be able to “See” this
racecar, since it was the last year of the DW12 sans Aeroscreen and IR-18 Universal
Aero Kit. The last true Open Wheel IndyCar replete with an “Airbox.”
The second was another Beauty! Will Power’s
2018 solid black Dallara Chevrolet Verizon Indianapolis 500 winner! Which is
the last Indy 500 I attended in person, coInky-dense? As I’d also like to be
able to “See” what a current Spec Dallara IR-18 with Aeroscreen looks like! But
I’d have to let the museum Staff give me permission to do the Helen Keller
method of Tactilely touching it to form an image in my mind…
Yet I can still Hear Power’s emphatic Screaming
over His In-car radio Show Me some Respect Mother fokkers! Upon crossing the
finish line that triumphant day!
As His wife Liz’s 2018 blue Corvette ZR1 Pace
Car’s been On hand before, but I’ve never known of Will’s Indy 500 winner being
on Display
And it
was a nice gesture having Penske Drivers Power and Newgarden, who finished 1-2
respectively in last year’s NTT IndyCar Series Championship racecars being on
Display, along with both representing one of Penske’s longtime sponsors Verizon…
Lastly, as we were getting ready to “Exit Stage
Left!” Blogmeister’ Miguel said didn’t we already see that Sunoco car? Then
wait a My-nute’, Thars two Sunoco racecars! Although I believe this one’s white
with blue Sunoco sponsorship instead?
As I immediately Arse-sumed’ it must be Mark
Donohue’s 1969 (4WD) Four wheel Drive Lola T152 after Miguel simply muttered
1969 to me. For which indeed it was Donohue’s, and more importantly. El
Capitano’s, nee Roger Penske’s Debutante IndyCar entered the Team’s maiden
Indianapolis 500! For which Donohue captured Rookie Of the Year (ROY) Honours
upon finishing seventh.
As the old Lola T152 Chassis has been painstakingly
rebuilt by Penske restorations between 2016 to 2022, and apparently just went
on Display at PRM last April. So it definitely was a new racecar being shown at
the Penske Racing Museum last Fall…
as Y’all can read about it and it’s Seester’ Leader
Card chassis raced by “Uncle bobby,” aka Bobby Unser in the following link I
found upon this Old Racing Cars(dot)com website below.
https://www.oldracingcars.com/lola/t152/
Photo C/O Blogmeister’ Miguel
Two legendous’ “Bad Habits” iconic Penske White with Day-glow Red Marlboro livery Indy Cars. Believe one of these is possibly Gil de Ferran’s 100th IndyCar victory Winner? As De Ferran scored Team Penske’s 100th IndyCar victory at the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway on May 27, 2000. (The Tomaso Collection)
