ABC Sports 1987 Indy 500 race coverage included Jerry Gappens as a roving reporter around the track…. who conducted many interviews with meaningful participants in and around the great race…..as seen in this video herewith….where Gappens interviews the 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal…..for you can readily see by this interview that Jerry Gappens knew…
Dr Pepper has always been a favorite “soda pop” around here at ImaSportsphile…..whereby, first of all, DP is a Texas beverage…..conceived and bottled originally in Waco, TX….which is just a short drive from Austin….so, “it’s a home brew, bro”…..which we are quite sure that NFL Hall of Fame running back Earl Campbell….The Tyler Rose…..drank his fair share…
In 1979, when Bone Daddy first opened his sports bar The Sports Place, Madison Square Garden at 302 E. 6th St. in Austin, TX…..he specialized in draft beer….with Budweiser, Miller High Life, Lone Star and Schlitz on tap….for he says that Schlitz was 2nd in total draft beer sales to Bud. Bone Daddy grew up with a…
As we have mentioned before…..Granny was Bone Daddy’s mom…..but we all knew her as Granny Jean….and what a special beautiful soul she was….who lived to 94 years….whose favorite “to go” breakfast was the Jack in a Box breakfast special….with 2 eggs, bacon and sausage, hash browns, toast and coffee / juice…..for every time I post a…
While posting TV ADS into our vintage library…..it is always interesting to us here at ImaSportsphile which companies are still “alive and well” some 39 years later in 2019….and all three of these businesses certainly are….as our favorite of the three is Dunkin Donuts, of course….I mean, all you have to do is look at those…
ABC’s Jim Lampley provides a rundown of the 1987 Indy 500 field of drivers….row by row….with commentary on each driver from the inside pole position of Row 1 with Mario Andretti….thru the entire Indy 500 field….to the outside position of Row 11 with Emerson Fittipaldi…..which sets the stage for what would turn out to be…
This video seen herewith is the only time we at ImaSportsphile have ever seen a professional auto race that ended in a photo-finish….as Ken Schrader won the 1987 Twin 125 Qualifier 1st race by “the hair of his chinny chin chin” over Bill Elliott…..who was the eventual pole setter at the 1987 Daytona 500…..as CBS Sports…
Roger Penske Racing had three cars entered in the 1987 Indy 500….with drivers Rick Mears, Danny Sullivan and Danny Ongais, who wrecked in practice while receiving a concussion that knocked him our of the race….only to be replaced by Al Unser Sr in a back up car that had been in “dry storage” in a public…