US Nats ? For You Older Guys

[oldskool]

Originally Posted by Chuck Norton

The most recent "cup trophy" that I have is dated 1974. The oldest "Wally" on the shelf is dated 1975. I would suspect that those dates would be pretty much put dates on the defining period.

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Only problem with that is that you can clearly see that there were pics of a Wally on both sides of the winners circle sign. Was the Wally only for pro cars, that year ?

This site says the Wally was 1st given in 1969.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wally

Also, if that 3rd pic is from the same race as the 2nd pic, then the Stock winner did get a Wally that year. So, wouldn't that make Rock Running the RU that year ?

What type of trophy did the class winners get back then ?

Quote from post #1: "...Is there an online list of US Nats winners from back in the '70's & 80's ?"

Does anybody know of any way to find out who won Stock & SS back during those years ???

The only other 2 winners I know of, from the '70's, are Truman Fields in '73, and Mike McKinney, in the same car, a few years later. McKinney was in an all Pontiac final, with Mick Leiferman. I've read that Leiferman was RU 3 years in a row.

"… Mick Leiferman probably holds the record for Indy frustration? He reached the Stock final three straight years (1975, 1976, 1977) and finished as runner-up all three times..."