"RacinBob" (racinbob)
07/19/2020 at 15:16 • Filed to: None
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"RacinBob" (racinbob)
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Most folks know the story of the Penske Mercedes “ B east” that won the ‘94 Indy 500.
Well based on its markings, I believe this shirt is from from 1995 which is a year Roger would probably rather forget.
To paraphrase an excellent article noted below the 1994 PC 23 chassis had flaws that a 1000 hp Mercedes motor masked. So even though t he 1995 pc24 car tested well in April, it arrived at the brickyard slow.
The cause is uncertain, it may have been a change in tire spec or an overly stiff sway bar choice may have been a factor. Regardless, the Penske racing pc24 was slow. E ven tried borrowing backup cars from Bobby Rahal to no avail. Penske racing did not qualify for the 1995 Indy 500.
May 1995 was a month that Roger would like to forget about and the start of a two year drought outside the winners circle,. You can read about 1995 Indy 500 here !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
What I would like to know is who is AB so I could get the whole story...
1994 Penske pc23 here !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
1995 Penske pc24 here !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
1996 Penske pc25 here !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
1997 pc26 here !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
QCGoose
> RacinBob
07/19/2020 at 17:41 |
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Man I could read about the Beast all day. Thanks for posting those links!
shop-teacher
> RacinBob
07/19/2020 at 18:18 |
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Cool shirt!
bmil128
> RacinBob
07/19/2020 at 22:59 |
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I’m pretty sure that’s a post-split CART logo from ‘96 onward
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RacinBob
> bmil128
07/20/2020 at 00:39 |
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Yep, I feel you are probably right. All I could tell at the time was it wasn’t ‘94. As I see they ran to ‘97 with Mercedes, it is hard to tell what year it could be. But who is AB smart guy?
dieseldub
> RacinBob
08/10/2020 at 00:40 |
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Penske ran with Mercedes-Ilmor power through the 99 season. He went with the tried and true Reynard-Honda-Firestone combo starting in 2000, with two new drivers, and went straight back to winning ways.