We have seen a sufficient amount of in-race interviews with race car owners….to understand that the owners of these “expensive racing machines” don’t really have time to “visit” during the race…..and knowing that they basically do these interviews because the network contract requires that so many in-race, in-the-pits interviews with car owners, crew chiefs and drivers…..and that is…
DetailsABCs 1987 Indianapolis 500 broadcast crew of Jim McKay, Jim Lampley, Sam Posey and Bobby Unser provide a complete assessment of the drivers, crews, owners and events leading up to the race in this pre-race show as seen in this video herewith…..which includes interviews of key drivers like Mario Andretti, Danny Sullivan, A. J. Foyt,…
DetailsChris Economaki (October 15, 1920 – September 28, 2012) was an American motor sports commentator, pit road reporter and journalist…..who was given the title “The Dean of American Motorsports Journalism.”……as Microsoft chose Economaki to author the auto racing history portion of its Encarta Encyclopedia. At CBS Sports, he covered International Race of Champions (IROC) events, Daytona 500’s (as seen in this video herewith) and Formula…
DetailsLeRoy Neiman was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes, musicians and sporting events…..as he produced about six different serigraph subjects a year….which generally were priced from $3,000 to $6,000 each…..with gross annual sales of new serigraphs alone topped $10 million….whereas originals can sell for up to $500,000 for works such as Stretch Stampede….which is a mammoth…
DetailsDanny Sullivan is an American former race car driver…..who earned 17 wins in the CART Indy Car World Series….which included the 1985 Indianapolis 500…..while racing for Roger Penske Racing. Sullivan also won the 1988 CART Championship…..while placing 3rd in points in 1986…..plus he also scored a victory in IROC. Jack Arute III is a former sportscaster for the NFL, college sports for Sirius XM…
DetailsVanish is a brand of toilet bowl cleaner produced by S. C. Johnson in North America….when they obtained the brand through the purchase of The Drackett Company in 1992…..as the Vanish name has since accompanied S. C. Johnson’s Scrubbing Bubbles brand as a sub-brand. Miracle White Liquid Cleaner was a blue liquid additive product that was added to a favorite detergent to make clothes…
DetailsJC Penney is an American department store chain with 865 locations in 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico…..where in addition to selling conventional merchandise and clothing….JC Penney stores often house several leased departments such as Sephora, Seattle’s Best Coffee, salons, auto centers, optical centers, portrait studios and jewelry repair. As evidenced by this video herewith…..their plain pocket jean has provided a less expensive alternative to Levi’s Jeans and Wrangler’s Jeans….for…
DetailsThis 1986 Indy 500 special piece by ABC’s Al Trautwig…..where he illuminates how the Indy 500 is not a one day event…..but rather a one month event…..as he details and highlights everything leading up to the actual race…..while starting 23 days before the race…..which makes for a really intriguing view into all things Indy 500. …
DetailsAl Trautwig was a roving reporter for ABC Sports at the 1986 Indy 500…..where he interviewed 3rd place finisher Rick Mears at the end of the race…..as seen in this video herewith…..which is something that he did as a pit reporter alongside Host Jim McKay for ABC Sports’ coverage of the 1987 Indianapolis 500….as evidenced…
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