#bill vukovich

[jackbeauregards]

Fun Facts About My Grandpa, Mack McCoy

Was a good friend of Roy Disney

Ran moonshine during prohibition when he was 9/10 years old

Lived in an old farmhouse without running water until his late 20's.

Was classified 4F during the war, so he joined the Forest Service. The Forest Service was used to build roads and fight forest fires. Ever see a movie where fire fighters parachute out of air planes into the middle of burning forests? That's what he did during the first half of the 40's.

While he was in the Forest Service he met and became lifelong friends with a young man named Francis McCown, who would later be known as the actor Rory Calhoun. (My dad tells a story of meeting his dad's friend "Frank" sometime around 1966. Frank was in town to pick up a new car from the Ford dealership and also wanted to take my grandpa out to lunch. My dad tagged along. Boy, was my dad surprised when Frank turned out to be the guy from the western movies.)

He built engines and chassis for Indy cars, Sprint cars and Midgets. His work was said to be very high quality and because of this he became well known in racing circles.

After 2 years of building cars he started racing. They say he was fast, especially in midgets. One quote I've heard about him, "If Mack passes you, that's it. You won't be able to get in front of him."

AJ Foyt had a bad habit of physically fighting anyone who beat him. When he tangled with my grandpa though, he regretted it.

One of the cars that my grandpa built was used in the Clark Gable movie To Please A Lady (1950). It can be seen in the first race sequence around 9 minutes in. It is car #36 with the square grille and "M" insignia. He never knew that his car was used in a movie, but he would have been honored.

Among the racers that have driven his cars are Bill and Eli Vukovich, Parnelli Jones and Bobby Unser.

He retired from racing and became a mechanic for a Ford dealership around 1960 because his wife requested that he change careers. He never really talked about racing ever again after that.

He was also a rodeo rider for a time in the 1930's and 40's.

Also among his well known friends were Henry Hull and Arthur Hunnicut, but I don't know how he met them.

That's all I can really remember at the moment. I'll probably update this later as I learn more. Bonus Facts:

Bill and Eli Vukovich and Parnelli Jones (who went by the name Rufus) used to spend weekends at my family's house when they were racing near town. They used to get drunk on cheap beer, start good natured fist fights and break up my grandmother's furniture. But they never failed to replace the broken coffee tables and chairs.

Bill Vukovich was at my family's house for dinner just two weeks before his fatal crash at Indianapolis on May 30 1955

[champagnepodiums]

i’m having a whole moment over Bill Vukovich’s shirt in this picture (he’s the guy on the left):

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[teledild0nix]

@thehoneybeet tagged me to post a WIP snip, which I love tysm!!! i've been kicking around this 8th year fic for like. many months. it's coming out a very little at a time, and i'm just trying to chill and enjoy the process. anyway this snip is very near to where i left off.

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To Draco's utter surprise, when they reached the room, Potter dropped his rucksack on the floor, extracted a tent from its depths, erected, and Disillusioned the tent. 

"So no one will see us, if they look in," he explained. 

"Are we not meant to be here?" 

"Well. Probably not, but that's not really it," said Potter, but he vanished into the tent without explaining further. 

Draco didn't think much of the furnishings once he was inside. The little space was dominated by an oversized faded pink chintz sofa with a dust ruffle. Spilling off the sofa was an enormous, moss green knitted blanket, which Potter rolled up into a ball and tossed into a wooden chair in the corner. There were three mugs on the coffee table, which looked comically miniature in comparison with the huge sofa. Potter took them all up and brought them to a sink, which formed about half of the smallest kitchen Draco had ever seen. The other half comprising of a tiny stove and cupboard in which, presumably the remaining store of dishes or perhaps comestibles was kept. 

"Sit down," Potter called over his shoulder, seeing Draco was still standing. After considering the only chair, which was taken up with the blanket, and a pouffe with very dubious structural integrity, Draco perched himself on the sofa. Satisfied, Potter began to wash the mugs--only two, Draco noted, and leaving the third to sit in the sink--then filled the kettle and put it to boil on the stove. "You said you didn't have pudding," Potter remarked absently and began rummaging in the cupboard.

"I want to have a word with your decorator, Potter," Draco said, his eyes on what he considered to be a very objectionable lurid pink china vase, standing on top of an equally objectionable doily, sitting on top of a ridiculous spindly little table too small to hold anything else. "I suspect he drinks, whoever he is."

Potter laughed, returning to the sofa Hovering a tray in front of him, "I borrowed the tent from Bill Weasley a bit back. I expect his wife has been using it to stash the things his mother gives them so she doesn't have to put them in her own house." 

"Seems like good sound sense to me," said Draco, reaching out to take a tart off the tray as it landed in front of him on the little coffee table. "What's this?" he added, through an undignified mouthful of tart. 

"Cherry bakewell," said Potter modestly. "Do you like it?"

"I'm going to eat both of them," Draco announced.

"I made them," said Potter with the hint of a gloat in his voice, like he'd played rather a clever joke on Draco and Draco had walked right into it. 

"Ergh," said Draco and took another bite. "Where'd you learn to do that?" 

"Ron's mum taught me," Potter told him. 

Draco had an uncomfortable recollection of a number of very unpleasant things he had said about Weasley's mother, "The woman's a genius. Even if you're poisoning me, I don't care. It's worth it." And he ate the last of his tart, chasing the sweet bits of cherry off his fingers with his tongue, though of course it was abominable manners. He did not think Potter would mind. "I don't know anyone who can cook."

Potter looked rather shocked and then sorry, but all he said was, "I'm not poisoning you." 

Draco wanted to say something witty in response, but when he opened his mouth, what came out was, "Why are you doing this?"

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I tag @citrusses, @geesenoises @stationintern @vukovich @skeptiquewrites and anyone else who feels like sharing!

[sitp-recs]

Hi, any Recs for slutty and unhinged Draco or Harry?

Oh I do love myself some unhinged smut, we like our men slutty and unbalanced here 🤌🏼 I went for a bit of everything here, from light humor to dark angst. Enjoy!

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[retromania4ever]

Drivers who lost their lives in Formula 1 cars (🙏RIP🕯️)

Cameron Earl 🇬🇧

Chet Miller 🇺🇲

Carl Scarborough 🇺🇲

Charles De Tornaco 🇧🇪

Onofre Marimón 🇦🇷

Mario Alborghetti 🇮🇹

Manny Ayulo 🇺🇲

Bill Vukovich 🇺🇲

Eugênio Castellotti 🇮🇹

Keith Andrews 🇺🇲

Pat O'connor 🇺🇲

Luigi Musso 🇮🇹

Peter Collins 🇬🇧

Stuart Lewis Evans 🇬🇧

Jerry Unser 🇺🇲

Bob Cortner 🇺🇲

Ivor Bueb 🇬🇧

Harry Schell 🇺🇲

Chris Bristow 🇬🇧

Alan Stacey 🇬🇧

Shane Summers 🇬🇧

Giulio Cabianca 🇮🇹

Wolfgang Von Trips 🇩🇪

Ricardo Rodriguez 🇲🇽

Carel Godin De Beaufort 🇳🇱

John Taylor 🇬🇧

Lorenzo Bandini 🇮🇹

Bob Anderson 🇬🇧

Joseph Schlesser 🇨🇵

Piers Courage 🇬🇧

Jochen Rindt 🇦🇹

Jo Siffert 🇨🇭

Roger Williamson 🇬🇧

François Cevert 🇨🇵

Peter Revson 🇺🇲

Helmuth Koinigg 🇦🇹

Mark Donohue 🇺🇲

Tom Pryce 🇬🇧

Ronnie Peterson 🇸🇪

Patrick Depailler 🇨🇵

Gilles Villeneuve 🇨🇦

Riccardo Paletti 🇮🇹

Elio de Angelis 🇮🇹

Roland Ratzenberger 🇦🇹

Ayrton Senna 🇧🇷

Jules Bianchi 🇨🇵

[pwlanier]

A Ron Fournier model of the Kurtis Craft 'Fuel Injection Special' winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500,

made in Michigan, 20th century

as driven by Bill Vukovich, the cockpit baseplate embossed with signature of Ron Fournier

Bonhams

[rfsnyder]

Mad Russian Bill Vukovich

[encychrono25]

Il y a 70 ans, Bill Vukovich remporte le 5000 milles d'Indianapolis.

[outdatedformula1tales]

Indianapolis 500 1950: not a grand prix, but #3 in Formula 1 history

In the 50's with the newborn Formula 1 championship there was an attempt to make the European and American racing closer to each others, with the Indy 500 being included in the Formula 1 championship other than the American championship. Basically it was a part of two different series, with only drivers and teams from the American series to enter it.

Not very much of the race, which took place on 30th May, is reported by current sources and it turns like that:

- many many many entrants attempted to qualify, with 33 qualifiers (which is the usual at Indy) and around 30+ non qualifiers, one of whom was future winner Bill Vukovich;

- rookie Walter Faulkner scored pole for Kurtis Kraft at his first attempt but didn't manage to lead a single lap, finishing the race in 7th place;

- the race lasted 138 laps instead of the canon 200 being redflagged for rain;

- winner Johnnie Parsons, also with Kurtis Kraft, started 8th, was the driver who led the most with 2nd and 3rd placed the only other two drivers who led some laps, Bill Holland and Mauri Rose, who had won the 1949 event and the 1947+48;

- according to some rumours, Parsons' car engine couldn't make all the 200 laps so he tried to get the prize money for the most laps led by knowing he couldn't last 200 laps, but apparently it was fake;

- also, some gossip, 12th place finisher Duane Carter was married to Parson's ex wife Azra.

[daliaokta]

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[champagnepodiums]

hey maureen how can roger penske even own indycar in the first place my researches have been inconclusive and I trust you for storytelling of historical narratives better than anyone whether they're a century old or not

hi anon, I'm so glad you asked! buckle up while I give you the briefest, most straightforward history of sanctioning bodies for American Open-Wheel motorsport and you'll definitely be like "why is this even relevant" but it (mostly) is, I promise (the stuff that isn't relevant is just interesting and makes you realize that motorsport history does generally just operate on a time loop basically) (Adding this: I do talk about motorsport deaths in here so if that’s something that bothers you, pls keep scrolling. Fwiw, I do stay as vague as possible)

So in the very beginning, (1899!) a group of rich men formed a little club called the Automobile Club of America (otherwise known as ACA). Now don't let the name fool you because it was more or less, a small, local organization. The ACA was a founding arm of the American Automobile Association (otherwise known as the AAA), which happened in 1902. The AAA formed a contest board and sanctioned the Vanderbilt Cup (which was like The Big Race at this point).

Well, in 1907, AAA raised their dues and that pissed the ACA off so their response was essentially, "I see your Vanderbilt Cup and we're going to do the American Grand Prize" which pissed the AAA off and there was a Whole Thing that eventually ended up with an agreement that AAA would sanction all American races while the ACA would sanction all international events held on American soil (think like modern day F1 type races).

SO that essentially meant that AAA was in charge and oh boy, they were IN CHARGE. Bless their hearts, if a driver did a non-AAA sanctioned race (like say, a local dirt track race or a hill climb), the AAA would SUSPEND the driver from all AAA races, often for a full year (which was a big deal because it would prevent that driver from participating in the Indy 500 and if they continued to participate in 'outlaw' races, the AAA would just straight up revoke the driver's racing license). Essentially what started to happen is that young drivers would start to race on the local dirt tracks, gain 'outlaw' status and when they were ready, they would ask AAA for forgiveness and to gain their racer's license because AAA was more lenient to drivers who didn't already have a license.

Anyway, alls that to say is that the AAA was completely separate from everything, including (and especially) the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

So what changed?

Well. 1955 happened.

I am not even being dramatic when I say that it is no less than a miracle that motorsport as a whole survived 1955.

May 1955 saw Manny Ayulo die in a crash while practicing for the Indianapolis 500 (mind you, he was found to not be wearing his seatbelt), then ten days later, Alberto Ascari, Ferrari F1 World Champion was killed in a test session. AND THEN, Bill Vukovich, defending two-time Indy 500 champion (he had won the two previous) was leading the race and he was involved in a chain reaction crash that killed him and that -- listen, I think there is a misconception that in the past when drivers died, there was no backlash but there absolutely was and the public was horrified that this had happened.

And then -- because things weren't going badly enough -- approximately two weeks later, the racing world turned to watch Le Mans and at approximately 6:20 pm, at the end of the 35th lap, there was a (admittedly much smaller than Indy) chain reaction wreck that launched Pierre Levegh and his Mercedes towards the crowd. The car slammed into an embankment and there was so much force that a lot of the pieces of this car just kept going... right into a stand of spectators, killing at least 80 and injuring at least 120 more. I can talk more at length about the Le Mans disaster (which is what it's generally referred to as) but I do want to caution everybody because there are gruesome pictures on the internet, including ones where Pierre Levegh's body is more or less visible.

This triggered a whole chain reaction of events that had (and in some cases continue to have) long lasting impacts on all motorsports (which again, I would love to dig into if people are interested but for the sake of this essay, I will be brief and focused -- two things I'm really good at LMAO).

But the impact that I'm going to highlight here is that the AAA decided that at the conclusion of the 1955 racing season, they would no longer sanction any events.

WELL that is a Big Problem because AAA didn't only sanction the Indy 500, they sanctioned A LOT of races of various motorsport disciplines (not NASCAR though, they are completely separate). So Tony Hulman, owner of IMS, along with other midwest promotors formed what was initially called the "Temporary Emergency Committee" which ultimately ended up being called the United States Auto Club (USAC). And guess who owned it? Tony Hulman!

So USAC essentially becomes the be all, end all of what they called "Championship Car Racing" which is now what we think of as IndyCar. So USAC and IMS are owned by the same person. What could go wrong?

Well obviously lots go wrong and really the main reason that there even is the IndyCar Split (and the reason things got so bad) was because the same people owned IMS AND the Sanctioning Body. There are other things at play including Tony Hulman's sudden death and Elmer George's justified homicide and a plane crash but the core issue did ultimately boil down to the fact that the same person owned IMS and the sanctioning body and the Indy 500 was being placed above everything else to the detriment of everybody else (basically)

Anyway so like when Tony George forms the IRL (Indy Racing League), that takes over as the sanctioning body for the Indy 500. When IRL and Champ Whatever it was called by then merged back together in 2008, it was all done under the IRL stuff which meant the Hulman-George family still owned IndyCar, the series, as well as IMS/the Indy 500.

So in 2019, they sold both IMS/Indy 500 AND the IndyCar Series to Roger Penske. I wish they would have not done that because I think it would be better for American Open Wheel Racing if there was somebody independently looking out for their interests BUT things are so intertwined and the Indy 500 is such a powerful chip to have, I guess I don't know if it would ultimately matter who owned IndyCar?

So yeah, that is how Roger Penske could even buy IndyCar.

I hope this is clear enough and as always, I am willing to clarify anything/everything!

[thundermotorsports]

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How Verstappen Schumacher and Vettels record 13 wins in a season compare | 2022 United States Grand Prix stats and facts

Max Verstappen can keep racing with the number one on his car next season having clinched the world championship for the second year running at Suzuka. At the following race in Austin he claimed win number 33, matching the race number he used for every other F1 season until he became champion. That 33rd win also moves him past Fernando Alonso into sixth place in the list of most successful drivers by wins. It was also his 13th win of the season which means he equalled the record for most wins in a seat which Michael Schumacher set in 2004 and Sebastian Vettel equalled in 2013. With three races left, and having won seven of the last eight rounds, there is a high chance Verstappen will go on to break that record. The wins scored by the three multiple champions make for an interesting comparison. Verstappen’s Red Bull predecessor Vettel scored all of his 13 wins from the front row in 2013 over a 19-round season – the same number of races held so far this year. Schumacher, nine years earlier, needed only 18 races to win 13 times, and only two of those came off the front row. Verstappen, however, took six of his wins from off the front row and only four from pole position. His average starting position over the 13 wins is 3.92 to Schumacher’s 1.85 and Vettel’s 1.38. Schumacher took his 13th win at Suzuka… …Vettel emulated him at Interlagos Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Verstappen’s win ensured Red Bull took their fifth constructors’ championship title, and first since 2013. It also meant Red Bull’s power unit operation, which runs rebadged Hondas, won the championship at their first attempt. The last engine manufacturer to win the championship in their first season was Repco in 1966. Pole number three but retirement number six for Sainz Red Bull scored their eighth consecutive victory. They can equal their best at the next race – Vettel scored nine in a row for them at the end of 2013. Carlos Sainz Jnr gave Ferrari their first ever pole position at the Circuit of the Americas. It was the first time Ferrari has had pole position for the United States Grand Prix since Schumacher did so at Indianapolis in 2006. However it was Ferrari’s second pole position in the USA this year. Charles Leclerc took pole for the Miami Grand Prix, but there as in Austin victory went to Verstappen. This was the third pole position of Sainz’s career. He now has as many as Jose Froilan Gonzalez, Tony Brooks, Dan Gurney, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Jody Scheckter, Elio de Angelis and Teo Fabi and Daniel Ricciardo. It didn’t do him much good in the race, however, as he was taken out at the first corner. Not only was that his sixth retirement in a row, it’s the second time this year he’s only completed a single racing lap over two consecutive events. Magnussen delivered Haas’ second home points finish The driver who ended Sainz’s race, George Russell, took the fastest lap by being the only driver to use a set of soft tyres, over the final two laps. That was the third of his career which gives him as many as Sainz, plus Pierre Gasly and former drivers Brooks, Jarier, Bill Vukovich, Bruce McLaren, Richie Ginther, Jochen Rindt, Chris Amon and Keke Rosberg. After Fernando Alonso became the seventh different driver to officially lead a race this year at Suzuka, Sebastian Vettel became the eighth in Austin. It was the first time he’s lead a race since the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last year. Alonso’s post-race penalty – which is under protest – promoted Vettel to seventh place. He passed Kevin Magnussen on the final lap, who nonetheless gave the team only their second points finish in their home race. The first came courtesy of Romain Grosjean in 2016. Have you spotted any other interesting stats and facts from the United States Grand Prix? Share them in the comments. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free 2022 United States Grand Prix Browse all 2022 United States Grand Prix articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/

[hemmingsmotornews]

Epperly/Traco-built 1955 Fuel Injection Special Indy car for sale on Hemmings.com.

[stuckasmain]

Alternatively-

Dude exists, is great but supporting cast, helps the plot in some way, dies dramatically

Four nickels, not counting Kyle and Hicks.

Lance gets bonus points for being a Synth in Aliens. Getting killed by a advanced robot to being a advanced robot. That’s just funny.