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Rolla Vollstedt

Started by raceannouncer2003 , Oct 24 2017 06:03

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#1 raceannouncer2003

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Posted 24 October 2017 - 06:03

Rolla Vollstedt died Sunday at age 99. Here is a link:

http://www.indycar.c...-Vollstedt-obit

Len Sutton in Vollstedt at Portland a number of years ago. I didn't realize at the time that Rolla was with him, but talked to him later

Same car, June 6, 2016...Billy Foster's cousin, musician David Foster, in car, Billy Foster's son Bill alongside...opening of the Vancouver Island Motor Circuit

June, 2013, Portland... Al Unser, Jr. with crew...the Vollstedt that Jim Clark drove at Riverside in 1967.

By the way, Indycar returns to Portland Labor Day weekend, 2018. Would be nice if they did a Vollstedt tribute.

Vince H.

Edited by raceannouncer2003, 24 October 2017 - 06:04.

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#2 Michael Ferner

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Posted 24 October 2017 - 08:16

There were rumours around the net all of yesterday... Sad to see them confirmed.

Rolla Vollstedt was one of a kind.

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#3 Richard Jenkins

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Posted 24 October 2017 - 18:23

A fabulous and long life lived and what a legacy Vollstedt had. Thanks and RIP

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#4 E1pix

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Posted 24 October 2017 - 19:05

Absolutely, a Legend here and nice to see elsewhere as well.

Thanks for giving Janet and a fellow Wisconsinite Tom Bigelow their shots, Rolla.

RIP.

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#5 Jack-the-Lad

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Posted 24 October 2017 - 21:08

He was an authentic legend. Sincere condolences to his family and legions of friends.

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#6 JacnGille

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Posted 24 October 2017 - 21:32

Sad news

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#7 SKL

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Posted 25 October 2017 - 02:06

Quite the story- and he almost made to 100! Fascinating that his was the last Indycar Jimmy Clark ever drove... (if I knew that before I had forgotten it).

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#8 Collombin

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Posted 25 October 2017 - 05:54

In a race, yes, but the last Indycar Clark drove was surely the Lotus 56.

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#9 GMiranda

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Posted 25 October 2017 - 11:08

Yes, in a race it was a Vollstedt at Riverside in 1967, when he fought for the win with Dan Gurney, and after a tremendous dice, Dan committed a mistaake and Clark took the lead, till the engine (Ford, I presume) went up in smoke. Clark was deeply impressed with Vollstedt's car. I remember quite well this because, recently, I wrote an article about Clark for Portuguese AutoSport and mentioned this story, among so many others showing his ultra versatile abilities, and there are a great article on MotorSport about these outings. But he did tested the Lotus 56 and I had the idea from my reading he enjoyed it a lot. He had tested the STP-Paxton of 1967 and loved the car.