Kurt Busch To Attempt The Memorial Day Double

[CIRF]

There again you need to know what you're talking about. Allison did do the double in 1970!! He completed all 1,100 miles, too.

The World 600 was run on May 24, 1970 and was won by who?! Why it was none other than the 4th place finisher in the Indy 500 Donnie Allison.

The Indy 500 was run six days later on Saturday May 30, 1970.

It's just a little tough to compete in both races in one day when they're run 6 days apart. LOL @ u!!

Donnie made some serious money in less than a week!! If memory serves me the 1970 Indy 500 was the first auto race in history to boast a $1,000,000.00 purse. Allison started the 500 way back in 23rd position, too.

Now, tell me again which taxi cab driver has the most impressive performance in The Greatest Spectacle In Racing?

LOL!!! I thought so.

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http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway...lts/?year=1970

real good only 13 cars were running at the end

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Each individual has to decide for themselves how big a deal buschy's performance in The Indy 500 was. I really don't care who thinks it was a monumental achievement or who thinks otherwise.

All I'm saying it's been done before and even better (Donnie Allison finished 4th and was rookie of the year) during an era when open wheel drivers in America were the cream of the crop and at the forefront of auto racing interest and NASCAR was a regional series and somewhat of an afterthought nationally.

In the 500 that Allison finished 4th were some of the best drivers in the history of auto racing and they were in their PRIME! Guys like Al Unser Sr., A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby Unser, Mark Donohue, Dan Gurney, Loyd Ruby, Joe Leonard and several more that I'm not remembering. buschy couldn't carry the helmet bag of any one of the aforementioned drivers and those were the guys Allison was competing against.

Castroneves and Montoya are the only 2 in the 2014 race that could even be mentioned in the same breath as the nine guys mentioned above and even that would be a bit of a stretch.

I'm still waiting.

first of all why is montoya back in indy cars he sucked in NASCAR , the drivers you mention in the above where the big time drivers of that period NASCAR drivers were not even thought of and most of those drivers ran all classes not just one but how many of those drivers ran indy and charlotte on the same day now that is a feat also but the real question how many drivers from Indy of today would run a NASCAR very few if any

[Highside Hustler25]

http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway...lts/?year=1970

[CIRF]

Each individual has to decide for themselves how big a deal buschy's performance in The Indy 500 was. I really don't care who thinks it was a monumental achievement or who thinks otherwise.

All I'm saying it's been done before and even better (Donnie Allison finished 4th and was rookie of the year) during an era when open wheel drivers in America were the cream of the crop and at the forefront of auto racing interest and NASCAR was a regional series and somewhat of an afterthought nationally.

In the 500 that Allison finished 4th were some of the best drivers in the history of auto racing and they were in their PRIME! Guys like Al Unser Sr., A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby Unser, Mark Donohue, Dan Gurney, Loyd Ruby, Joe Leonard and several more that I'm not remembering. buschy couldn't carry the helmet bag of any one of the aforementioned drivers and those were the guys Allison was competing against.

Castroneves and Montoya are the only 2 in the 2014 race that could even be mentioned in the same breath as the nine guys mentioned above and even that would be a bit of a stretch.

I'm still waiting.

[JokerPrime]

Most speak broken English? LOLOL!!! Hmmmmm.There were 11 Americans in the field for the Indy 500 and a several Canadians, British and Australians. All of whom speak better English than you do. Please, for God's sake know what you're talking about.In regards to Mario, A.J., Hurtubise (Hurtubise won a Cup, or Grand National race at Atlanta) and maybe a few others, they were all three open wheel guys that went over to NASCAR and beat the taxi cab boys at their own game on their own tracks. It's never happened the other way around in reference to The Indy 500, at least not since WWII.All I'm saying is what buschy did at Indy is nothing new or earth shattering. People are talking like it was some super human feat and it's been done even better by a couple of guys. Donnie Allison just to name one. And, buschy didn't outrun 95% of the starting field, to do that he would have had to run 3rd or better.

By a couple. He finished 6th in his first Indy race. At that it was the 500. Stop acting like it's some small feat.

[CIRF]

Offer credible evidence that anything I've written in post #44 is not fact and I will quickly concede I don't know what I'm talking about.

I'll be waiting.

[retired racer]

CIRF has spoken,the rest of you idiots be silent he knows all,or at least pretends to ,i'm laughing at you.

[CIRF]

Most speak broken English? LOLOL!!! Hmmmmm.

There were 11 Americans in the field for the Indy 500 and a several Canadians, British and Australians. All of whom speak better English than you do. Please, for God's sake know what you're talking about.

In regards to Mario, A.J., Hurtubise (Hurtubise won a Cup, or Grand National race at Atlanta) and maybe a few others, they were all three open wheel guys that went over to NASCAR and beat the taxi cab boys at their own game on their own tracks. It's never happened the other way around in reference to The Indy 500, at least not since WWII.

All I'm saying is what buschy did at Indy is nothing new or earth shattering. People are talking like it was some super human feat and it's been done even better by a couple of guys. Donnie Allison just to name one. And, buschy didn't outrun 95% of the starting field, to do that he would have had to run 3rd or better.

[mudslinger47]

I might be compltly wrong but I think HMS has Tony's team doing a lot of the testing for the entire group right now. love him or hate him he's a wheelman above most and can drive just about anything and the last time he looked this bad he won the championship with or without nascars help. something has to be going on for DP and kevin to run so well and tony to sux so bad out of the 8 cars the 14 and the 5 have the worst average compared to ther norm.

I know other nascar driver ran well at indy back in the day but the cars of today are nothing like each other and for kurt to do as well as he did in a one off deal(unlike WM's who had a couple tune up races) he11 AJ and mario won in both series. I wonder if andretti is using Kurt as a source to get the info and conections he needs to get his cup team started? you can bet he has something motivating him to do this deal.$$$$

Had not thought of that angle.....food for thought..

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Coming from a guy who's right there after everything I post!! Troll??? He's now the biggest one on 4m...

you are still a douche bag and I don't tony is under full power from that wreck hey CIRF AT LEAST Kurt doesn't speak broken english like most of the indy boys do

[racin6mod]

I might be compltly wrong but I think HMS has Tony's team doing a lot of the testing for the entire group right now. love him or hate him he's a wheelman above most and can drive just about anything and the last time he looked this bad he won the championship with or without nascars help. something has to be going on for DP and kevin to run so well and tony to sux so bad out of the 8 cars the 14 and the 5 have the worst average compared to ther norm.

I know other nascar driver ran well at indy back in the day but the cars of today are nothing like each other and for kurt to do as well as he did in a one off deal(unlike WM's who had a couple tune up races) he11 AJ and mario won in both series. I wonder if andretti is using Kurt as a source to get the info and conections he needs to get his cup team started? you can bet he has something motivating him to do this deal.$$$$

[Clayton_Wetter]

It's beginning to look more and more like Stewart is not going to make the Chase.!

[blackford]

I can read yours blackie but care not to because you are a d bag

Coming from a guy who's right there after everything I post!! Troll??? He's now the biggest one on 4m...

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I can read yours blackie but care not to because you are a d bag