Owner & driver Pee Wee Wallace from Richmond Virginia. When on to run A/FX alerted wheel base cars and continued on to blown fuel burning funny cars. Ran his own cars under the “Virginian” name and drove other owners funny cars under names “Alabamian” and “Black Stang”
Cal Niday in the D-A Lubricant #22 KK500B Offenhauser roadster at Indianapolis in 1955. Cal was from Turlock California and lost a leg in a motorcycle accident after high school. It did'nt affect his race car driving and he competed in 3 Indy 500's and was one of three drivers who ran in an Indy 500 with a prosthetic leg. The 1955 Indy 500 was his last race at Indy to compete at. He lived until 1988 when he was killed after being thrown from a Vintage Race car at Willow Springs Raceway when he had a heart attack. per Bobby
1950 Indy 500 Winner Johnnie Parsons was also the National Champion and had the # 1 on his car from his great 1949 racing season
Jimmy Jackson sitting in the # 61 Cummins Diesel for the 1950 Indy 500 practice, Look at that big Diesel engine
Promotor J.C. Agajanian presents a trophy to Troy Ruttman in the Murphy Motors Special , after Troy won the Midget feature at Carrell Speedway
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