177 replies to this topic

[paulb]

Yes, I even said IRL......

Some of my faves

[427MkIV]

I've always liked cars with Texaco/Havoline livery, and early 90s CART cars look awesome anyway.

 

[OvDrone]

Yaaaaasss, PaulB bringing that real Indy love to the forums.

 

My fav:

 

Michael Andretti's '98 Swift 009.c Newman-Haas Ford V8:

 

 

 

 

 

Great late 90's Motorsport memories.

[BRG]

 

That's the one.  End of story!

[LucaP]

The whole 97-99 CART grid was porn on wheels

On my phone..will post pics later

Oh..and I think the very first IRL chassis were good looking

Edited by Luca Pacchiarini, 03 January 2018 - 21:25.

[jonpollak]

Obviously I'd choose this one.

[Collombin]

Harry Hartz's Erskine Miller

Meyer's winning rear drive Miller from '28

The Shaw Maserati

Sumar streamliner

Lotus 29

An Eagle in any of the Cobre Tire liveries, or Jorgensten Steel

The Gatorade Rutherford McLaren

Danny Sullivan's Miller Penske

[king_crud]

All of the 90s cars for me, for some reason I always liked this livery

Edited by king_crud, 03 January 2018 - 22:13.

[PayasYouRace]

I've always loved the Valvoline sponsored cars myself.

 

[jonpollak]

This thread is some serious fodder for the Livery Competition !!

[PlayboyRacer]

90s CART... now we are talking aesthetics!

[Myrvold]

My fav:

 

Michael Andretti's '98 Swift 009.c Newman-Haas Ford V8:

 

 

 

 

Great late 90's Motorsport memories.

 

It does remind me quite a lot of the Andrea Moda S921, which I know is OT in this thread.

[JacnGille]

In no particular order:

Chaparral 2K

Parnelli VPJ6B Interscope 

Interscope Batmobile

[Jones]

Porsche 90P

Impossibly low and sleek enough to make a BT52 look blunt.

 

[Radoye]

 

[OO7]

Porsche 90P

Impossibly low and sleek enough to make a BT52 look blunt.

 

 

Great picture there Jones!

 

That 90P has a hell of a profile.  The swoop of the front end (ahead of the cockpit to the nose) is pretty much perfect.

[Otaku]

 

 

 

Does this one count?

 

Edited by Otaku, 04 January 2018 - 05:26.

[SlipLtd]

Obviously I'd choose this one.

Ditto.

May I add it looked even better in super speedway trim?

[teejay]

 

Most of the CART cars from the early to late 90's were great looking cars. 

Edited by teejay, 04 January 2018 - 05:49.

[rghojai]

[teejay]

Andretti's Swift was great looking. 

 

Won debut too. 

 

Had high hopes Mikey would win a title. 

 

Hopes quickly dashed.

[Henri Greuter]

 

 

Yup, that is one of my favorites too.

Also the Al Unser Longhorn of 1982 and Michael Chandler's 1983 Rattlesnake were great looking fullbodied cars.

 

Other favorites I have and of which pictures appear already

1990 March-Porsche 90P (Jones: thans for that picture of the car in the museum!!!!)

1968 Lotus 56

- The mid 20's 91CI Millers in both front and rear wheel drive versions.

- The 1994-1995 Reynards at Indy and the later ones in CART. I agree, CART in the 90s, eye candy on wheels, just about every single different car that was built was great.

- The stillborn Ferrari 637

 

 

Not pictured and I don't dare to put them up because of copyright infringments

- the 1963 Hotel Tropicana Specials of Jim Hurtubise and Bobby Unser. Never before or after had there been such agressive mean looking beasts at wheels at Indy. And being Novis, they were beasts no matter what or how they looked anyway!!!!

(Of course I have to list my favorite Novi!!!!!)

- The 1976 Wildcats.

 

 

Henri

[Sabre1977]

I've always loved the Valvoline sponsored cars myself.

 

 

 

Me too. I liked a lot in the galmer chassis:

 

[OO7]

Penske PC22

 

 

 

Penske PC23

[jonpollak]

Ditto.

May I add it looked even better in super speedway trim?

Yes Slip, you may indeed..

 

 

Jp

[FLB]

I remember that particular car (and that particular race) for another reason, though...

 

 

 

Still miss ya, Greg!

[jonpollak]

You'll be happy to hear that the photo above is from the Miami Homestead race in 1999.

 

Jp

[FLB]

His last win it is, then...

[paulb]

Ya know, I sort of started this topic on a lark with all the beautiful car threads popping up. I was going to do a midget or circle track car topic, but went with IndyCar. You alls posts have reminded me how much I have forgotten about and how glorious is the history of IndyCar. Radoye’s post really made it for me, I mean really, talk about beauty and brutality personified.

[PayasYouRace]

 

 

 

"Hey Herb, where's the turbocharger going to go?"

 

"Oh just stick it on the side!"

[B Squared]

Ya know, I sort of started this topic on a lark with all the beautiful car threads popping up.

You could have really stirred it up with a "Most Beautiful Grid Girls" thread.

[FLB]

Originally posted by PayasYouRace:

 

 

"Hey Joe, where's the turbocharger going to go?"

 

"Oh just stick it on the side!"

 

 

Change 'Joe' for 'Herb' (Porter) and you've essentially got that car's story...

 

Last 'true' roadster to make the field. Next to last front-engined car. First turbocharged Offy. Out of the 500 at the start in 1966 (Bobby Grim).

Edited by FLB, 04 January 2018 - 14:52.

[B Squared]

Mark Donohue also made the decision to mount the turbocharger low and left on the 1969 Penske Lola versus the manner in which Bobby Unser's similar car had the turbo higher and at the rear left by the wing.

[Collombin]

Change 'Joe' for 'Herb' (Porter) and you've essentially got that car's story...

Last 'true' roadster to make the field. Next to last front-engined car. First turbocharged Offy. Out of the 500 at the start in 1966 (Bobby Grim).

Unlike many people I never really thought the Watson roadsters were all that attractive, especially after they started sprouting air scoops. But of all the glorious Indygasm display at Goodwood in 2011, I took more pics of this car than any other. It looks fabulous today. It's the same car JR drove in 1964, when it had that last gasp hideous yellow Bardahl paint job.

Edited by E.B., 04 January 2018 - 16:30.

[Fulcrum]

[TennisUK]

The Lotus 56 and the start of this thread invalidates all other entries. Though I would say the Lotus 96 (my avatar no less) deserves an entry if the Ferrari is allowed.

[OO7]

Porsche 90P

Impossibly low and sleek enough to make a BT52 look blunt.

 

.............and don't forget that it also sounds like a fighter jet!

Pretty amazing!

[Henri Greuter]

.............and don't forget that it also sounds like a fighter jet!

Pretty amazing!

 

Yes, that Porsche sounded unlike anything else that year.

BTW,that other March of 1990, the Alfa powered one was also making a unique sound.

But unlike the 90P, the 90CA was ugly....

 

 

Henri

[jonpollak]

I'd love to hear Donald Davidson's opinion. !!!

[OvDrone]

 

 

Wait...

 

Fourth dude from the left...

 

is that Nick Tandy?

[racinggeek]

No love yet for the Eagle 8000/8100?

[Jones]

Yes, that Porsche sounded unlike anything else that year.

BTW,that other March of 1990, the Alfa powered one was also making a unique sound.

But unlike the 90P, the 90CA was ugly....

 

 

Henri

 

Also, take note of where the turbocharger is located on the Porsche.

[FLB]

I'd love to hear Donald Davidson's opinion. !!!

I'd imagine it would be pretty similar to Enzo Anselmo Ferrari's. i.e. that the prettiest race cars are the ones that WIN... 

[FLB]

Can you imagine if the IRL era had sounded like *that*? 

 

[Dan333SP]

You'll be happy to hear that the photo above is from the Miami Homestead race in 1999.

 

Jp

 

Can confirm, was at that race... love that era of CART.

 

I was partial to the Eagles back in that era, although I know they weren't the most shapely of the breed.

 

[Dan333SP]

Can you imagine if the IRL era had sounded like *that*? 

 

 

Christ. What engine is in that thing? Judd V8? 10/10 would listen to that over and over. Also further confirmation that Bozzy is the best thing to ever happen to youtube.

Edited by Dan333SP, 05 January 2018 - 03:19.

[SlipLtd]

Wait...

Fourth dude from the left...

is that Nick Tandy?

Looks like a young Bradley Cooper.

[Peat]

Wait...

 

Fourth dude from the left...

 

is that Nick Tandy?

 

Yeah. I can also spot Henzler, Long & Pilet in that picture. So it must have been a Porsche jolly to IMS.

[Peat]

late 90's CART Reynards' were simply the best. Especially in the superspeedway kit and Players livery. *dribbles*

I think often about the 98 Penske:

Disaster of a car, but I loved what it stood for. The last independent constructor in Indycar.

[teejay]

Can confirm, was at that race... love that era of CART.

 

I was partial to the Eagles back in that era, although I know they weren't the most shapely of the breed.

 

 

 

Didn't see enough of them on TV given how slow they were. A shame - as they were a good looking thing