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Subject: Offys in the 80s (Spoiler alert?) Author: Greg B. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 17:28:23 02/27/14 Thu While we all know Wes can be intentionally vague to avoid people drawing parallels to historical figures, on an "off day" from new chapters, I found myself doing a little research. Even in these days of the Wonderful Interwebs (TM), finding anything more than a starting grid for the Indy 500 was something of a challenge, but I was able to find one site that had a listing of the full 1982 entry list. Even in the twilight of its career, four turbo Offys presented for qualifying, although none made the show. Interestingly enough, none were in the Eagle chassis that dominated Indy in the 70s. All of the Eagles entered had stock-block Chevy engines or Cosworths by that time. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Offys in the 80s (Spoiler alert?) Author: Greg B. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:36:46 02/27/14 Thu >While we all know Wes can be intentionally vague to >avoid people drawing parallels to historical figures, >on an "off day" from new chapters, I found myself >doing a little research. > >Even in these days of the Wonderful Interwebs (TM), >finding anything more than a starting grid for the >Indy 500 was something of a challenge, but I was able >to find one site that had a listing of the full 1982 >entry list. Even in the twilight of its career, four >turbo Offys presented for qualifying, although none >made the show. Interestingly enough, none were in the >Eagle chassis that dominated Indy in the 70s. All of >the Eagles entered had stock-block Chevy engines or >Cosworths by that time.

[> Subject: Re: Offys in the 80s (Spoiler alert?) Author: GB34 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:12:34 03/02/14 Sun >While we all know Wes can be intentionally vague to >avoid people drawing parallels to historical figures, >on an "off day" from new chapters, I found myself >doing a little research. > >Even in these days of the Wonderful Interwebs (TM), >finding anything more than a starting grid for the >Indy 500 was something of a challenge, but I was able >to find one site that had a listing of the full 1982 >entry list. Even in the twilight of its career, four >turbo Offys presented for qualifying, although none >made the show. Interestingly enough, none were in the >Eagle chassis that dominated Indy in the 70s. All of >the Eagles entered had stock-block Chevy engines or >Cosworths by that time. This article gives a of information concerning the Offenhauser engine and the Eagle car. http://8w.forix.com/ferrari-indianapolis-1970s.html

[> [> Subject: Re: Offys in the 80s (Spoiler alert?) Author: GB34 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:00:29 03/04/14 Tue >>While we all know Wes can be intentionally vague to >>avoid people drawing parallels to historical figures, >>on an "off day" from new chapters, I found myself >>doing a little research. >> >>Even in these days of the Wonderful Interwebs (TM), >>finding anything more than a starting grid for the >>Indy 500 was something of a challenge, but I was able >>to find one site that had a listing of the full 1982 >>entry list. Even in the twilight of its career, four >>turbo Offys presented for qualifying, although none >>made the show. Interestingly enough, none were in the >>Eagle chassis that dominated Indy in the 70s. All of >>the Eagles entered had stock-block Chevy engines or >>Cosworths by that time. > > > >This article gives a of information concerning the >Offenhauser engine and the Eagle car. > > >href="http://8w.forix.com/ferrari-indianapolis-1970s.ht >ml">http://8w.forix.com/ferrari-indianapolis-1970s.html > EDIT Several pictures of 1974 Eagle Turbo Offenhauser. The full address just had to be shortened. http://preview.tinyurl.com/mbnthsq

[> [> Subject: Re: Offys in the 80s (Spoiler alert?) Author: Greg B. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:29:10 03/10/14 Mon >This article gives a of information concerning the >Offenhauser engine and the Eagle car. > > >href="http://8w.forix.com/ferrari-indianapolis-1970s.ht >ml">http://8w.forix.com/ferrari-indianapolis-1970s.html > Great find! Lots of good stuff there about turbo Offys and why they were so effective.