Indy Trivia for us Slower Rollers....
 

I saw a video of the 1978 Stock Eliminator Final Elim's, and it was a slow-roller final between Don Holben's '76 Oldsmobile Station wagon, and Steve Tarrance's '66 Chevy II Nova. I'm guessing Don's wagon was either in M or N/SA, while Steve's car was a V/S entry.

My question is has it been this long since any slow rollers were in a final round at Indy? By that I mean Stocker's that are 13.00 or slower....just curious

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Jim Watson was runner up at Indy a few years ago in his V/SA 6 cylinder Nova.

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I believe Dennis Oliver was in the other lane in P SA 65 impala...

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I'm sure that's a typo, O Great One.
That would be P/Stick
Many other stick shift winners at the U.S. Nationals over the years.
One being Gary Long over...
Roy Dean , R/SA in 1986

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It’s not a typo, it’s old AGE....you are correct as the Hefler family converted the car over to an automatic.....

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Might be a little closer the mid 80's

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Rob Roth runner-uped at Indy in the 80's driving a Paul Rossi FWD in X/S. He went red in the final. His wife called him "Robbie Red Light" from that point on.....

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No Rossi fwd car got to the Indy final.
He won class but that's it

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http://www.nhra.net/50th/years.html?year=2000

Gary, can we talk about the Summernationals now?

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Jim W. confirmed to me yesterday that it was 1990, 28 years ago...which would definately be a few years ago....

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My how time flies.....:eek:

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That`s for sure!

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I know a J/S 1969 Carmaro 2 barrel 350 won it in 1975 as I recall running 12.28 to 12.31? Ouch that was 43 years ago!

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Don,
I remember it well.

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Remember1990 well won class and lost to Jim in the 2nd? round. gsa612

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There's only one thing wrong with this entry, it's quicker than 13.00, so it doesn't qualify as a slow roller. Sorry....

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A few years ago times 10 nearly, lol!

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You're far too humble.

For those trying to figure out the code talk:

http://www.mmshof.org/inductees/don-mcelroy/