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[Team Gunston]

Although some of them were later bumped from the Indy 500 starting grid by faster cars, every car/driver combination who completed a qualifying attempt deserved an official and "posed" Indy Motor Speedway photograph for the posterity.

Since Clymer's Yearbooks and the different websites I'm knowing (Artemis or LatPhoto for instance) are not of help, could someone here on TNF direct me to an address on the web, or better, post with his response the following photos of bumped cars I'm looking for :

1963

- Ralph Liguori (#3 Ollie Prather's Schulz Fueling Equipment Spl.)
- Chuck Rodee (#38 Konstant Hot Spl.)
- Len Sutton (#47 Crawford's Spl.)

1964

- Paul Russo (#21 Kemerly Chevy & Olds Spl.)
- Bob Christie (#33 Jim Robbins Auto-Crat Seat Belt Spl.) [only a little b&w in The Watson Years book]
- Chuck Rodee (#81 Joe Hunt Magneto Spl.)
- Jud Larson (#85 Kaiser Aluminum Spl.)
- Al Miller (#93 Gerhardt & DeOrian Spl. or Bardhal Spl. ?)

1965

- Norm Hall (#8 Pope-Hall Enterprises Spl.)
- Bob Christie (#21 Kemerly Chevy & Olds Spl.)
- Mel Kenyon (#27 Federal Engineering Spl.) [only a little b&w in Clymer and a bad reproduction on Kenyon's personal website]
- Bobby Grim [#86 Racing Associates Spl.)

I also am looking, incidentally, for some photos of the following cars which, apparently, didn't complete a qualifying attempt :

1963

- #25 Wynn's Friction Proofing Spl. (Jimmy Daywalt)
- #28 Stearly Motor Freight Spl. (?)
- #43 Hook Lobster Spl. (Bob Harkey)
- #53 Spirit of St. Louis Spl. (Paul Russo)
- #62 White Spot Coffee Shop Spl. ? (Don Freeland)
- #72 Lencki Spl. ? (Cliff Griffith)
- #77 Dayton All Star Spl. (Chuck Engle)

1964

- #24 New England Speed Equipment Spl. (Dempsey Wilson or Bob Harkey)
- #35 Central Excavating Co. Spl. (Cliff Griffith)
- #37 [car name unknown] (Ed Kostenuk or Don Horvath)
- #38 Ollie Prather's Spl. ? (Ralph Liguori)
- #63 Hall-Fran Trucking Spl. (Gig Stephens or Chuck Arnold)

1965

- #33 Dayton Steel Wheel Spl. (Carl Williams)
- #67 or 68 G.C. Murphy Stores Spl. (Bob Wente or Art Malone)
- #99 Demler Spl. (Ralph Liguori) [only a photo of the wreck in 1976 Indy Yearbook]

Well, what a request ! Thank you for your help.

Philippe

[theunions]

This book would address a fair number of these:
The Roadsters of Indianapolis by Greg Littleton

[Team Gunston]

Thank you for the info Theunions. This book is probably what I has been looking for for months.
I have just placed my order, hoping it is still available.

[Team Gunston]

I have just received The Roadsters of Indianapolis book and I enjoy it.

Nevertheless, that doesn't solve my original question about the official IMS photos of the bumped cars, since this book doesn't contain such pics. Where could I find these photos (on the web or elsewhere) ?

[Gerr]

Pics of the #38 from 1963, the #21, 33, 85, 93 37, 38 from 1964 and the #8 and #21 from 1965 are all in the Fox Indy History