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Pictures of Entire 1952 Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid Found


I wholeheartedly agree with this writer's opinion about how much cooler vintage racing cars are than today's modern marvels. Dig deep enough and there's a really awesome photo of Mario Andretti's hero, Alberto Ascari in a 1952 Ferrari Special. The Brickyard used to be a magical place during the month of May. Let's hope the unification will help bring back some of the glory of this historic race. 

 

From Jalopnik 

As much as we like open wheel racing and modern car designs, there's something far more awesome about vintage racing cars. This is undoubtedly the opinion of one Jim Rogacki, an engineer from Buffalo, who, while digging around for vintage car parts, managed to run into an amateur Indianapolis 500 historian. After shooting the breeze for a while, Jim convinced the man to let him scan his fantastic collection of photos for all 33 cars in the 1952 starting grid. We swiped a couple, but go take a look at the very neat complete collection and the story behind it over at Jalopy Journal.

 

Published Apr 30 2008, 01:17 PM by bbaker
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