May 9, 2016
This week we look at Indy cars at the Milwaukee Mile in 1993. These were the good days of Indy car racing with some big names in the field and great competition.
Mario Andretti, Al Unser Jr., Paul Tracy, Rick Mears, Scott Goodyear, Willy T. Ribbs, Danny Sullivan, Bobby Rahal and many other good ones were racing at that time. Plus, we had Nigel Mansell who just finished clinching the Formula 1 championship in 1992!
These were really good times for Indy car that I don't think will ever be equalled again for competition and rivalries!
I'll let the photos do the talking now. Good looking cars and big names to enjoy!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
The CART racing teams at the Milwaukee Mile in 1993.
April 11, 2016
Racing season has begun with practice laps being run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway!
Nascar doesn't count with me, and yes, we have had a few Indy car races, but this year we have the 100th running of the Indy 500!
Here are some old photos from the late 1980's and 1990 with some different forms of real racing!
Check out Rick Mears, Emerson Fittipaldi, Geoff Brabham, Bill Seebold and a few other folks way back when and get ready for the 100th Indy 500. All of these guys were the best in their race craft.
Who are you picking for the winner if the Indy 500? It's early yet but I'm going with Scott Dixon.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Some different racing styles to look at to get us going this year!
May 11, 2015
Ok, I promise that this is the last blog on the 1990 CART race at the Milwaukee Mile!
I finally scanned all the film, and I just kept coming across some good memories of good times in Indy car racing! Here are a few of my favorites.
Michael and Mario Andretti sitting on the pit wall having a talk with an engineer.
A. J. Foyt and Mario on their motor scooters having a discussion about who knows what. Would love to know what it was about. Next to them, is legendary engineer, Jim McGee.
Scott Brayton in his Amway car is no longer with us and the photo of Jeff Andretti is the last photo I took of him racing.
Pancho Carter, Danny Sullivan, Rick Mears and Eddie Cheever are looking good in their cars.
So, enjoy the last look of 1990 at the Milwaukee Mile, when they used a board to list qualifying speeds!!!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
May 4, 2015
Last week was so much fun with scanning old film from the Milwaukee Mile, Miller 200, 1990 CART race, that we are going to do this for a while!
So this week, we are looking at a few images of Danny Sullivan, Rick Mears and Emerson Fittipaldi. This is the power house Team Penske of 1990.
This team, was full of Indy 500 winners and CART champions.
They are all personal favorites, especially Emerson Fittipaldi, whose helmet I adored! I still think it's one of the most beautiful helmet designs around!
The aero devices on Emmo's helmet are the earliest form of aero dynamic work.
Enjoy a look at some of the fastest cars EVER made and a beautiful helmet!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
April 27, 2015
Time to switch my blogs to some Indy car racing photography for my racing fans! Also, because it's almost Indy 500 time!
So, for the next few blogs we are going to be looking at the 1990, Miller Beer 200, CART race at the Milwaukee Mile.
This was a good time for Indy cars with big name drivers. We had and will look at today, Emerson Fittipaldi, Raul Boesel, Arie Luyendyk, Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan and A.J. Foyt Jr.
Team owner Roger Penske and his right hand man Teddy Mayer are also shown today. Teddy Mayer was one of the best engineers on the planet, coming from years in Formula 1.
It is interesting to me to see the dashboards of 1990, when now, all information for the driver is on the steering wheel!
Enjoy a look at film roll number one of my collection with more to come next week.
Time for me to mow the grass for the first time now while you look at this!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
August 25, 2014
Milwaukee IndyFest 2014 at the Milwaukee Mile is history and the IRL crews are about to race in California as I write this blog. Early Sunday morning they had earthquakes just a few miles away from the California racetrack. I hope all are all right and ready to race again.
The Milwaukee race was a good fight for Will Power and Juan Pablo Montoya. I was pulling for Montoya as my other favorite, Helio Castroneves, just wasn't in the picture much during the race. I think Helio's championship title fight might be over. There are just not enough races left to gain points for Helio. Milwaukee, once again, isn't good for Helio come race time.
I was very happy to see Matthew Brabham running well in the Indy Lights and I see big things for this young man. His father Geoff, who was at the race, is a great driver coach for his son. Geoff raced Indy cars a bit, but really is famous for racing the Nissan IMSA GTP cars in the 1980's and winning a lot of races.
Matthew Brabham would have won his Indy Lights race if not for a late crash and then a bad restart. He finished P2 and was just heart broken sitting on the wall after the race with his Dad. He is learning quickly what racing is all about.
I hope you enjoy a look at Matthew Brabham, Rick Mears and the rest of the guys.
Have a great week.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
