Eagle 1974 Indy car-by-car histories
Jerry Grant in the #55 Cobre Firestone 1974 Eagle at Milwaukee in 1974. Copyright Glenn Snyder 2014. Used with permission.
One of the most memorable eras of Indy racing was the mid-1970s battle between the two great Offy turbo models, California's Eagles versus England's McLaren M16s. The 1974 Eagle was the final evolution of the 1972 design, and would win 13 races between 1974 and 1976.
After the enormous success of the 1972-1973 Eagles, which had won half the races of 1973, and captured over half of the top-three finishing positions that season, there was significant demand for a further evolution of this successful model. There are only subtle distinguishing features between the 1974 Eagle and the earlier models, such as the NACA duct for cockpit cooling being just below the screen, instead of level with the front suspension, and the rollhoop leaning slightly backwards.
The Eagles won eight races in 1974, compared with four for Johnny Rutherford's McLaren M16Cs and two for AJ Foyt's Riley-Coyotes. The Eagle victories were split between Bobby Unser, who took four in the works Olsonite Eagle, two for Gordy Johncock in the STP-backed Patrick Racing car, and one each for Al Unser in the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Eagle, and Mike Mosley in Leader Card Racers' 1972/73 Eagle at Phoenix at the start of the season. No new model was produced for 1975, and the existing 1974 Eagles took three wins that season, shared between Bobby Unser, Wally Dallenbach for STP, and Mosley. Former Eagle customer Gordy Johncock won one race that year in one of the Patrick Racing Wildcats, Rutherford and Tom Sneva took one each in the McLaren M16Cs, and the rest fell to AJ Foyt in the unbelievably fast Coyote. As AAR struggled to find a successor to the 72-74 model, the 1974 cars continued successfully in 1976, when Bobby Unser took two wins in Fletcher Racing's cars, and Mosley won a race in Jerry O'Connell's Sugaripe Prune car. It was only the arrival of the Cosworth DFX-powered McLaren M24 in 1977 that marked the end of the Eagle-Offy era.
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Sold to Bob Fletcher so either 'the copper Fletcher #21 car' or 'the turquoise Fletcher #55 car'.
Sold to Bob Fletcher so either 'the copper Fletcher #21 car' or 'the turquoise Fletcher #55 car'.
New to Patrick Racing and identified by an Indianapolis 'Laycock card' as Wally Dallenbach's #40 STP entry in 1974. Given the early construction date, marked as January on the chassis plate, this car is assumed to be Dallenbach's ride from the start of 1974. Presumably his early-1975 car before the new Wildcats were ready. At Indy 1975 as the #60 spare. Sold to Leader Card Racers for 1976 and George Snider's #23 Hubler Chevrolet ride in that year's 500. Also for Mike Hiss at Ontario. Retained for 1977 and the #64 at the Indy 500 but thought to be the #23 at other races. Retained again for 1978 but wrecked in Tom Bigelow's accident at Mosport Park in June. Bought from AJ Watson by someone called Al in Grand Rapids, Michigan and sold by him to Bill Wiswedel (Holland, Michigan) around 2000-2004. In approximately 2017, Bill sold the car to James Long (Nevada City, CA) and he sold it to Bobby Rahal (Chicago, IL) in 2020.
Driven by: Wally Dallenbach, George Snider, Tom Bigelow, Mike Hiss, Joe Saldana and Tom Bagley. First race: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (R6), 26 May 1974. Total of 32 recorded races.
Vern Schuppan in the 1974 Jorgensen Eagle at the 1976 Indy 500. This is Pancho Carter's usual short track car with conventional sidepods. Copyright Richard Deming 2016. Used with permission.
AAR retained two 1974 Eagles for Bobby Unser to race in 1974 as the #48 Olsonite entry and, as was normal practice, one was kept for short track duties, and the other reserved for the Indy 500 and other long tracks. This pair of cars was retained for 1975, now as AAR's #48 Jorgensen Steel entry. In 1976, Duane Carter took over the Jorgensen Steel/AAR ride, but he used the same pair of cars. His short-track and long-track cars can be distinguished easily by their sidepods. These different sidepods show that Carter's short-track car was retained by AAR for 1977, and the long-track car sold to Patrick Santello. According to Philippe de Lespinay, AAR's remaining 1974 Eagle stayed with Gurney until some time after 1982 when it went to the home of "a former Delta tires exec" in Whittier, CA, before being sold to the Collier Collection. It was in the Collier collection by 2004 but probably much earlier. It has been identified at the Collier collection as chassis 7404. In Miles Collier's Revs Institute for Automotive Research (Naples, FL) when it opened in April 2014. On display in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum in May 2015.
Driven by: Bobby Unser, Duane "Pancho" Carter and Vern Schuppan. First race: Ontario Motor Speedway (R1), 3 Mar 1974. Total of 15 recorded races.
Bobby Unser's usual long track 1974 Eagle at Pocono in June 1975. Copyright David A. Reese 2021. Used with permission.
Spike Gehlhausen in his newly-acquired 1974 Eagle at Silverstone in October 1978. Copyright Peter Knights 2021. Used with permission.
AAR retained two 1974 Eagles for Bobby Unser to race in 1974 as the #48 Olsonite entry and, as was normal practice, one was kept for short track duties, and the other reserved for the Indy 500 and other long tracks. This pair of cars was retained for 1975, now as AAR's #48 Jorgensen Steel entry. In 1976, Duane Carter took over the Jorgensen Steel/AAR ride, but he used the same pair of cars. His short-track and long-track cars can be distinguished easily by their sidepods. These different sidepods show that Carter's short-track car was retained by AAR for 1977, and the long-track car was the one sold to Patrick Santello, and entered for driver Lee Kunzman in 1977 as the #65 City of Syracuse/S&M Electric car, with 28-year-old rookie chief mechanic Mark Stainbrook. Retained for 1978 when driven by Larry Rice. Acquired by Spike Gehlhausen mid-season, and used by him in the two English races at the end of 1978. May have been raced in 1979 as the #19 Sta-On Car Glaze car. Sold to Bill Tempero for 1980, fitted with a Chevrolet V8 and raced as the #15 or #65 Wood Power Systems entry. Then to Jim Buick and raced as the #86 4B Racing car in 1981 until crashed at Michigan in July 1981. Sold to Bob Featherly (Syracuse, New York) who also owned an ex-Gerhardt 1972 Eagle and intended to use the rear of the damaged '74 car on his '72 car but did not have the finance to complete the project. Featherly has retained the car ever since and reports that it is chassis 7405 and is the ex-Bobby Unser Indy 500 winner. Still with Featherly in December 2015.
Driven by: Bobby Unser, Duane "Pancho" Carter, Lee Kunzman, Larry Rice, Spike Gehlhausen, Bill Tempero and Jim Buick. First race: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (R6), 26 May 1974. Total of 36 recorded races.
New to VPJ for 1974, but exactly how this car was used in 1974 and 1975 is yet to be fully determined. After Gary Allbritain crashed Dick Routh's ex-Gordy Johncock 1974 Eagle twice in early 1976, Routh's crew chief Todd Gibson bought chassis 7406 from the VPJ team to replace it. Raced by Jan Opperman at the Indy 500 as the #8 Routh Meat entry and then by Gibson himself for the rest of the season. It then became Routh's #22 Baja Boats car for Gibson in 1977, but was crashed heavily in practice at Milwaukee in August. The car was repaired over the close season using the left rear corner from the ex-Johncock Eagle, and run by Gibson a few times in 1978 as the #75 Gibson Racing entry. The car was rebuilt using a Bob Fletcher update kit which moved the radiators to the back of the tub, and was raced in this form until Gibson crashed it in qualifying at the 1979 Indy 500. At some later date, this car was acquired by Chuck Haines and rebuilt to 1974 specification. Offered for sale by Russo and Steele in August 2014 who stated that it had been 'owned by the current owner for over 30 years'. Still on Chuck Haines' website in June 2015.
Driven by: Mario Andretti, Jan Opperman and Todd Gibson. First race: Phoenix International Raceway (R4), 17 Mar 1974. Total of 31 recorded races.
New to Jerry O'Connell's team for 1974 and raced by Billy Vukovich as the #4 Sugaripe Prune Special, with Jud Phillips as chief mechanic. Presumably the car used through 1974 by Vukovich and then through 1975 by Mike Mosley but the team had older 1972 Eagles available and those older cars may have been used at some races. Used again by Mosley in 1977 but O'Connell also acquired a new Lightning for that season. After Pocono in July 1978 the Eagle was sold to Jim McElreath, who had damaged his ex-Patrick 1973 Eagle at that race. Identified by Simmo Iskül from photographs as McElreath's #23 in 1979, and presumed to be the McElreath Racing #23 right up to 1981, although the ex-Patrick car was also repaired and used again. Subsequent history unknown, but at some point in the next 30 years the car was acquired by Chuck Haines and restored to its original Sugaripe Prune livery. For reasons currently unknown, Haines advertises the car as chassis 74-08. On display at the Historic Indycar Exhibition in May 2016.
Driven by: Billy Vukovich, Mike Mosley, Bobby Unser, Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Vern Schuppan, Duane "Pancho" Carter and Jim McElreath. First race: Milwaukee Mile (R7), 9 Jun 1974. Total of 52 recorded races.
The early history of this car is unknown, except that it was owned by the Fletcher team. For 1978, it was acquired by Bruce H. Crower or Crower Cams, and fitted with his own 160 ci flat-8 engine. This was raced by Chuck Gurney in early 1978, and then returned in 1979 in the hands of Jerry Sneva. The car was then retained by Crower.
Driven by: Chuck Gurney and Jerry Sneva. First race: Ontario Motor Speedway (R2), 26 Mar 1978. Total of 3 recorded races.
New to Patrick Racing and identified by Gene Lee Gibson as Gordon Johncock's #20 STP entry in 1974. Entered in the early-1974 races as the #7 Patrick Racing car until a deal was done with STP and it became the #20 STP Double Oil Filter entry at the Indy 500. Brushed the wall on 9 May and replaced by the ex-Dallenbach car for qualifying and the race. Presumably Johncock returned to this car for the remainder of the 1974 season. Identified from pictures as the car raced by Johncock on short tracks in 1975. Then sold to Richard Routh and entered for Gary Allbritain as #75 in early 1976 but Allbritain crashed in practice for his first two races and his entry for the Indy 500 was refused. The car was then kept by Todd Gibson as a source of spare parts for the ex-Andretti Eagle that the Routh team bought from VPJ. The left rear corner from this car was removed to repair the ex-Andretti Eagle after Gibson crashed it at Milwaukee in 1977. Subsequent history unknown.
Driven by: Gordon Johncock and Gary Allbritain. First race: Ontario Motor Speedway (R1), 3 Mar 1974. Total of 14 recorded races.
New to Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing, but exactly how this car was used is not known. The team had two Viceroy-backed entries for Mario Andretti and Al Unser, and had a pair of 1973 Eagles until their new 1974 cars were available. See Eagle 74 7406, 'the Parnelli/Unser car', and 'the Parnelli/Andretti Pocono car'.
New to Mike Devin's Unlimited Racing Team, who was expecting to be Lloyd Ruby's chief mechanic on the car as part of the Parnelli team, but was sold on to Mike Slater's Commander Motor Homes, still with Ruby as driver and Devin as chief mechanic. Ruby also owned a 1973 car, chassis 7228, which was his short track car in 1974. Entered by Devin for Sammy Sessions at the 1975 Indy 500, then Bob Fendler (Phoenix, AZ) bought the '74 Eagle, setting up a new team in Phoenix, with Devin relocating to be chief mechanic, and Ruby again as driver in the November 1975 Phoenix 150. Fendler's empire then collapsed, and the Eagle returned to Devin. After Ruby's last Indy 500 appearance in the car the following May, Devin joined Lindsey Hopkins' team in July 1976, and leased the Eagle to Bobby Hillin's Longhorn Racing, later selling the car to Hillin in 1977. It was Hillin's #18 Spirit of Truth entry in 1976 for Jan Opperman and George Snider, then Hillin's #72 entry for Bubby Jones at Indy 1977, and then the #18 again for Snider later in the year. It was entered by Hillin for the 1978 Indy 500, but only as a backup. This was then the 1974 Eagle entered as the #81 Dairy Queen car for Billy Vukovich and Roger Rager later in 1978, in what became the John O'Hanlon/Wayne Woodward Shade Tree Racing, although whether O'Hanlon and Woodward had joined forces as early as 1978 is unclear. It was run for Dick Ferguson and Jerry Sneva in 1979 and then appeared at two more races for Michel Jourdain in 1980. It was next seen when Steve Culp (Shreveport, LA) bought it from Mike Gue of Essex Racing some time between 1982 and 1984. Gue was an English dealer who moved his operation to Connecticut in 1981, then to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1983. Culp moved the car to Shreveport about 1985, where it remained, still in Jourdain's livery. It was bought by Danny Aiello (Marshall, TX) in 2020.
Driven by: Lloyd Ruby, Sammy Sessions, Arlene Hiss, Jan Opperman, George Snider, Bubby Jones, Billy Vukovich, Roger Rager, Dana Carter, Dick Ferguson, Jerry Sneva and Michel Jourdain. First race: Michigan International Speedway (R11), 15 Sep 1974. Total of 21 recorded races.
New to Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing, but exactly how this car was used is not known. The team had two Viceroy-backed entries for Mario Andretti and Al Unser, and had a pair of 1973 Eagles until their new 1974 cars were available. See Eagle 74 7406, 'the Parnelli/Unser car', and 'the Parnelli/Andretti Pocono car'.
Probably built for 1974, but its first customer is unknown. See "Unresolved 1974 Eagles in 1974" below.
New to Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing, but exactly how this car was used is not known. The team had two Viceroy-backed entries for Mario Andretti and Al Unser, and had a pair of 1973 Eagles until their new 1974 cars were available. See Eagle 74 7406, 'the Parnelli/Unser car', and 'the Parnelli/Andretti Pocono car'.
Probably built for 1974, but its first customer is unknown. See "Unresolved 1974 Eagles in 1974" below.
Probably built for 1974, but its first customer is unknown. See "Unresolved 1974 Eagles in 1974" below.
Mike Mosley's #98 1974 Indy 500 drive for the Lodestar/Leader/Agajanian/Watson combine and identified in a letter from AAR to USAC in Feb 1974 as 7417. Said to be the #98 for Steve Krisiloff in 1975 but the #98 picture in the 1975 yearbook is clearly a 1972 car. Could this be the car Krisiloff wrecked at Phoenix at the end of 1974? It might also be the one he "damaged extensively" in practice at the 1975 Indy (6 May - see trackside report); although the 14 May trackside report says this car was rebuilt, it is an older '72 car that Krisiloff races. Later in 1975, Agajanian left Lodestar/Leader/Watson taking his #97/#98 numbers with him and joined Grant King. Krisiloff's Lodestar/Leader/Watson Eagle then took #10 for the rest of 1975, then moved to the #23/#24 numbers in 1976. Krisiloff may have raced the '74 car later in 1975 but it is not yet known how long the car took to rebuild. At Indy in 1976, Tom Bigelow is bumped in the Leader Card #24 entry which looks like a '74 Eagle but is modified around the front suspension. Maybe 7417 with suitable repairs? Again, the usage of this car in 1976 cannot yet be determined. In 1977, Joe Saldana was bumped in the #64 Leader Card entry, a standard-looking Eagle 74. A picture shows that Saldana's #23 car at the next race was also a '74 Eagle. Finally, at the 1978 Indy 500, Tom Bagley is pictured in Hungness driving a '74 Eagle in practice. As late as 1980, the Leader Card team used an Eagle at short-track events. Subsequent history unknown but this may be the Eagle that Harry Schwartz's Rattlesnake Racing acquired together with a 1977 Watson chassis for 1981.
Driven by: Mike Mosley, Steve Krisiloff, Tom Bigelow, Johnny Parsons Jr, Gary Irvin, Joe Saldana, George Snider and Billy Vukovich. First race: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (R6), 26 May 1974. Total of 23 recorded races.
Unresolved 1974 Eagles in 1974
The first owners of many of the 1974 Eagles were revealed in a letter from AAR to USAC dated Feb 13, 1974. From that, 7404, 7405, 7406, 7407, 7411 and 7417 can be positively identified, leaving up to ten still to be resolved. We know 7401 and 7402 went to Fletcher Racing so those will be 'the copper Fletcher #21 car' or 'the turquoise Fletcher #55 car' below. Patrick Racing had 7403 and 7409: we now know something of 7403 but the exact usage of 7409 is unknown. The Vel's Parnelli cars were 7410, 7412 and 7414, but how they were used is not known. Four cars, 7408, 7413, 7415 and 7416, are not mentioned at all in the AAR letter. Jacques Dresang has ascertained that 7408 was a Fletcher Racing car later acquired by Bruce Crower, one of the others is likely to have been a third Patrick Racing car, and 7413 may not have been built, leaving at least one more that does not appear to have raced in 1974. The Zimmermann book says a total of 15 were built.
Billy Vukovich's #6 Cobre Tire Eagle '74 at Pocono in June 1975. Copyright David A. Reese 2021. Used with permission.
New to Robert L. 'Bob' Fletcher's Cobre Firestone team and entered as the #55 car for Jerry Grant in 1974. Firestone withdrew from racing in August 1974 and Fletcher, who ran the largest Firestone dealership in the US, had to use Goodyear tyres in 1975. He also lost chief mechanic Jim McGee to Penske. This car became the blue #6 entry for Billy Vukovich in 1975 and then the #3 entry for Bobby Unser in 1976. Probably the car raced by Unser at Phoenix at the start of 1977. To Carl Gehlhausen for 1978 and used by John Mahler as Gehlhausen's #39 entry at the 1978 Indy 500. Also the #39 Gehlhausen entry for Al Loquasto through 1979 until he was promoted to the Fletcher team after Steve Krisiloff quit the team. Phil Caliva drove Gehlhausen's Eagle at Ontario, and it was then sold to Walter L. Medlin who entered as the #32 car for Tony Bettenhausen II at three races in early 1980. It reappeared for Bubby Jones as Medlin's #58 entry at the 1981 Indy 500 but did not qualify. The car remained with Medlin and is part of a collection of unrestored cars photographed on occasions since. Photographed in Indiana in July 2014.
Driven by: Jerry Grant, Billy Vukovich, Bobby Unser, John Mahler, Spike Gehlhausen, Bob Harkey, Bill Alsup, Phil Caliva, Tony Bettenhausen II and Bubby Jones. First race: Ontario Motor Speedway (R2), 3 Mar 1974. Total of 28 recorded races.
Pancho Carter's #11 Cobre Tire Eagle '74 at Pocono in June 1975. Copyright David A. Reese 2021. Used with permission.
New to Robert L. 'Bob' Fletcher's Cobre Firestone team and entered as the #21 car for Jimmy Caruthers in 1974. Firestone withdrew from racing in August 1974 and Fletcher, who ran the largest Firestone dealership in the US, had to use Goodyear tyres in 1975. He also lost chief mechanic Jim McGee to Penske. This car became the white #11 entry for Duane Carter in 1975. Unknown in 1976 but presumably a backup car for Bobby Unser's regular #3 car. Sold to Carl Gehlhausen and entered for Spike Gehlhausen as the #19 PV Corp car at four races towards the end of the 1977 season and then through the 1978 season, until it was crashed heavily at Michigan in September. Gehlhausen then bought Pat Santello's '74 Eagle to replace it. The Michigan wreck is believed to have been repaired for 1979, and may be the car sold to Todd Gibson for 1980.
Driven by: Jimmy Caruthers, Duane "Pancho" Carter, Bobby Unser, Spike Gehlhausen and Al Loquasto. First race: Ontario Motor Speedway (R2), 3 Mar 1974. Total of 52 recorded races.
Al Unser started the 1974 season in one of two second-hand 1973 Eagles acquired by Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing, before moving to a new 1974 Eagle in time for the Phoenix 150 in mid-March. The team bought three or four 1974 Eagles, so Unser may have used more than one Eagle during the 1974 season, but for now, it is assumed all his results were in the same car. Vel's Parnelli retained the same Eagles for 1975, but the "super team" were in decline, and only appeared at the three 500-mile races. Again, it is assumed here that Unser used the same car as in 1974. The team was disbanded in July, and when it returned, it focused on the new Parnelli VPJ6. The subsequent history of the Unser Eagle is unknown.
Driven by: Al Unser. First race: Ontario Motor Speedway (R2), 3 Mar 1974. Total of 17 recorded races.
Joe Leonard drove an Eagle for Vel's Parnelli Ford at the California 500 in early 1974. He finished fourth in the qualifying race on 3 March, but during the main race the following weekend, he crashed heavily. Leonard was badly injured, effectively ending his career, and the Eagle was destroyed.
Driven by: Joe Leonard. First race: Ontario Motor Speedway (R2), 3 Mar 1974. Total of 2 recorded races.
Having crashed his usual #21 Vel's Parnelli Jones 1974 Eagle at the 1975 Indy 500, Mario Andretti drove a different 1974 Eagle at Pocono in June 1975, his final appearance for VPJ. The Pocono car went to Alex Morales for 1976 and was the #5 Alex Foods entry driven by Billy Vukovich at the 1976 Indy 500. Raced by Vukovich for Morales for the rest of 1976 and again in 1977 when it was the #15 entry. Last seen at the 1977 Indy 500 when it was the #75 backup car crashed by Jerry Grant during practice. The car was only moderately damaged so is likely to have been rebuilt. Subsequent history unknown.
Driven by: Mario Andretti, Billy Vukovich and Jerry Grant. First race: Pocono International Raceway (R8), 29 Jun 1975. Total of 14 recorded races.
1974 Eagles in 1975
For 1975, Bob Fletcher retained 7401 and 7402; Patrick Racing retained 7403 and 7409; AAR retained both 7404 and 7405; VPJ most likely kept 7406, 7410, 7412 and 7414; Jerry O'Connell almost certainly kept 7407; Lloyd Ruby kept 7411; and Leader kept 7417. 7408 remains unknown, as do 7413, 7415 and 7416 which may not even have been built. No mystery 1974 Eagles appeared in 1975.
Despite strong sales of the 1974 Eagle, AAR's ability to keep racing depended on the generous sponsorship that AAR and Bobby Unser had been receiving since 1967 from Oscar L. Olson. That funding stopped at the end of 1974, and Olson's company Olsonite Corporation was charged with price fixing of toilet seats. The immensely wealthy Olson had to tighten his belt, and without his largess, AAR could not afford to build new cars for 1975, nor to run for the whole season. Unser won the Indy 500 and finished second in the California 500 in his year-old cars, but fell out with Gurney and left the team at the end of that season, taking mechanics Wayne Leary and Butch Wilson with him. They joined Bob Fletcher's team to race the two 1975 McLarens Fletcher said he had bought, only to find that they were stuck with Fletcher's 1974 Eagles.
1974 Eagles from 1976 onwards
There starts to be more movement in the 1974 Eagles by the start of 1976. Bob Fletcher retained 7401 and 7402 again, now for new driver Bobby Unser; Patrick Racing sold 7403 to Leader Card Racers and 7409 to Dick Routh; AAR retained both 7404 and 7405 for a third season; VPJ sold 7406 to Dick Routh's team; Jerry O'Connell kept 7407 for a third season; Lloyd Ruby sold 7411 to Bobby Hillin; and Leader Card Racers appears to have retained 7417. The other three VPJ cars, 7410, 7412 and 7414, are a mystery, as are the four cars for which we have no history at all: 7408, 7413, 7415 and 7416.
One mystery appears in 1976, Fred Carrillo's car, and it seems likely that was either one of the VPJ cars or was built from one of the monocoques that had not been used to that point.
Fred Carrillo, formerly of Champ Carr Enterprises, had entered a "1974" Eagle in 1975 and then with a 209 ci turbocharged AMC V8 engine in 1976 for Jerry Grant to drive. During 1976, this car was rebuilt on a 1974 Eagle tub, still powered by the AMC engine. Lloyd Ruby took over the drive later in 1976 after Grant was hospitalised with a liver infection, and he was replaced by Jim McElreath at the 1977 Indy 500. Carrillo had sold the car to Warner Hodgdon by August 1977, who continued to employ McElreath as driver. It changed from the #73 to the #74 entry later in that 1977 season. Retained by Hodgdon for Roger McCluskey to race in 1978, initially as the #74 National Engineering entry, and later changing to #11 for the Indy 500 and Phoenix at the end of the season. Subsequent history unknown.
Driven by: Jerry Grant, Lloyd Ruby, Jim McElreath, James McElreath and Roger McCluskey. First race: Ontario Motor Speedway (R10), 5 Sep 1976. Total of 15 recorded races.
Acknowledgements
This has been a complex subject and I am indebted to Simmo Iskül for his hard work comparing photographs and mapping out the lives of these cars. Thanks also to 'gbl' and Michael Ferner for their detailed research on this topic, and to Jacques Dresang, Ian Blackwell, Simon Hadfield, Alan Brown and Danny Aiello for their contributions. While work has been progressing well on the period history of these cars, we have fallen a bit behind on their current ownership. Any updates would be gratefully received.
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