In the midst of the Monte Shelton Rally I popped online and posted a “Car Photo of the Day: Name that race car” picture. It was one of those ironic twists of entangled coincidence that lead to that post. Let me unravel it for you.
I have a bunch of photos I’ve collected over the years of various cars, and among them is a bunch of race cars. I’m not intimate with many of them, and figured I’d post them here for fun. One group of them were a collection of Indy cars presented at the Amelia Island Concours a few years back. I attended this Concours as part of the Forza Amelia Vintage Rally. I have one photo which I thought matched a model car I have, that was presented to me at the conclusion of another rally, namely the 1999 Cannonball Classic. The Cannonball Classic was a goofball idea hatched by two insane men, namely Brock Yates and Martin Swig. It combined the passions of both of them into a crazy week of old cars, driving insane distances. My Dad & I participated in the Cannonball Classic together and you can read my whole report here.
The guest speaker at the Monte Shelton Rally was Bill Warner, who is the chairman of the Amelia Island Concours, and a frequent participant in the original Cannonball Baker Sea-to-shining-sea Memorial Dash back in the 1970s.
So I posted that photo, as I thought all the events and people were somehow linked.
Then I looked closely at my model and it is similar, but not identical. This appears to be very similar, if not identical chassis to me previously posted race car. Can you name it? Hint: It won the Indy 500 in 1963 (the year I was born)… which adds yet another layer of coincidence here, so lets just all shiver with a bit of deja vu and get back to regular daily life.