Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Luke - About Green Racecars

[Luke Graves (buyer1]

Thanks Dick!

I actually saw that race live in a Movie Theater in San Francisco and of course it was in black and white back then, so, the color didn't sink in on me!

 

OK guys, I am older that most of you.  Who can beat this:  My first Indy experience was in 1947 when Mauri Rose won it in the Blue Crown Spark Plug Special!  I was 12 years old and listened to on the radio in it the Barber Shop and then at home.  It lasted more that 4 hours.  The car was/is very beautiful.  Six cyl Offie making 400 HP.  Check it out on Google!

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From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+buyer1=airmail.net [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Dick Petrick
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 9:29 AM
To: Col Luke Graves
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Luke - About Green Racecars

Luke,

I think that the banning of green cars at Indy had to do with a superstition related to a former Indy 500 champ who was killed in a green car, back in the 1920s.

Not sure. Obviously, that has changed, but I don’t know when. Jim Clark’s 500 winning Lotus back in the 60s was green.

 

Regards,

Dick Petrick

 

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