The still at 0:40 Roy Orbison just telling stories, foot on the gas, pointing at something. Front passenger still hoping for the best, rear passenger complete panic mode.
It looks like he was going flat out down pit row and then realized he was running out space. He then panicked because he would be going back out on the track. Must have been Hemi!
Toonces COULD drive a car, just not very well. A cat would make about as much sense as some of the other "celebrity" pace car drivers they've had over the years. www.indymotorspeedway.com/v1/500pace.htm
Local auto dealership owner was probably intoxicated and back then authorities had no clue what to look for. Now driving while intoxicated has become big revenue for cities, shame on these state and local governments.
If there was a "restart" then the pace car would have to pull back on the track in front of the race cars. Eldon Palmer had practiced that possibility a few times during the week before the race. There was an orange flag placed in the pits that was the point of "no return" ........hit the brakes hard and stop! Unfortunately during race day, there were hundreds of people standing in pit row and the orange flag was NOT visible. When Palmer realized that.... it was too late to stop and he obviously could not go back onto the track. Looking at press pictures of the car after the accident, it is obvious that the car was going less than 30 mph when it hit. And cars, during that time had heavy duty drum brakes.... no discs. They were great at going, but terrible at stopping. I know that well, because I have one of the original pace cars documented by Eldon Palmer, some years ago.
There is a zero percent chance any of that is true. Everyone who knows a single thing about the Indy 500 knows that the pace cannot, nor would be expected to keep up with the front row of Indy cars under green. We all know that if the pace car was required to lead the field again it would be on the next available lap. Duhhh. The truth is that he was hot dogging it because he seems like the type that needs to be the center of attention in every situation.
He was booking down pit lane. No way were those 4 wheel drum brakes going to slow down that car in time.
The still at 0:40 Roy Orbison just telling stories, foot on the gas, pointing at something. Front passenger still hoping for the best, rear passenger complete panic mode.
One of the passengers was astronaut John Glenn
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Roy Orbison? Hilarious!
It looks like he was going flat out down pit row and then realized he was running out space. He then panicked because he would be going back out on the track. Must have been Hemi!
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Eldon showing off for the ladies again.
1971 Dodge Challenger probably with 383c.i. 727 auto.
Toonces...the Cat who could drive a car...TOONCES LOOK OUT!!!
Toonces COULD drive a car, just not very well.
A cat would make about as much sense as some of the other "celebrity" pace car drivers they've had over the years.
www.indymotorspeedway.com/v1/500pace.htm
@Flame Resistant Troll one of the passengers in this crash was astronaut John Glenn.
I bet the dude driving didn’t get to drive the pace car anymore for the race
Local auto dealership owner was probably intoxicated and back then authorities had no clue what to look for. Now driving while intoxicated has become big revenue for cities, shame on these state and local governments.
Is Bill Krider your dad?
If there was a "restart" then the pace car would have to pull back on the track in front of the race cars. Eldon Palmer had practiced that possibility a few times during the week before the race. There was an orange flag placed in the pits that was the point of "no return" ........hit the brakes hard and stop! Unfortunately during race day, there were hundreds of people standing in pit row and the orange flag was NOT visible. When Palmer realized that.... it was too late to stop and he obviously could not go back onto the track. Looking at press pictures of the car after the accident, it is obvious that the car was going less than 30 mph when it hit. And cars, during that time had heavy duty drum brakes.... no discs. They were great at going, but terrible at stopping. I know that well, because I have one of the original pace cars documented by Eldon Palmer, some years ago.
He shouldn't have been going that fast either way at that point, and there's no way he was going only 30 mph. He's keeping up with the race cars.
There is a zero percent chance any of that is true. Everyone who knows a single thing about the Indy 500 knows that the pace cannot, nor would be expected to keep up with the front row of Indy cars under green. We all know that if the pace car was required to lead the field again it would be on the next available lap. Duhhh. The truth is that he was hot dogging it because he seems like the type that needs to be the center of attention in every situation.