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Speak My Mind —continued from page four<br />
For 1968, USAC instituted rules that reduced the size of the turbine<br />
allowed. Nonetheless, Granatelli teamed up with Colin Chapman and<br />
Lotus to build the wedge shaped, 4-wheel drive Lotus 56. The STP showed<br />
up with 3 cars, which would be driven by Joe Leonard, Art Pollard, and<br />
Graham Hill. Also of note, Carroll Shelby showed up with two turbine<br />
cars that looked similar to the 1967 side-engined car. These were to be<br />
driven by Denis Hulme and Bruce McLaren. The cars practiced but were<br />
withdrawn for ‘safety’ reasons.<br />
Much to the chagrin of USAC, the restrictions did little to deter Chapman’s<br />
ingenuity and the car’s qualified at the front of the field. As with 1967,<br />
Leonard spent much of the race at or near the lead and looked poised for<br />
victory when a part within the fuel pump failed and the car coasted to a<br />
stop a handful of laps from the finish as Bobby Unser took his first of three<br />
Indy victories.<br />
For 1969, USAC further restricted the turbine engines. Only one turbine<br />
powered car showed up. The Jack Adams Special conformed to the newest<br />
rules and looked more like a jet on wheels than a racecar. USAC was<br />
successful in driving the turbine concept to extinction as the car, driven<br />
by Al Miller, barely qualified for the field on it’s qualifying attempt and<br />
was bumped on the final day of qualifying. USAC then dealt the final<br />
deathblow by banning turbines (and 4-wheel drive) after the event.<br />
I remember reading of the turbine cars as a boy and being glad that they<br />
failed because in my young mind, they had cheated. Only now do I realize<br />
that I thought that way because the writer of the history I read slanted their<br />
article to lead me in this direction. Being older, wiser, and having a greater<br />
appreciation of great engineering, I now think differently.<br />
Just to come up with the concept in 1967 took brilliant leaps in logic and<br />
a comprehensive knowledge of the USAC rulebook. (Helped to a degree<br />
by Pratt & Whitney’s Turbo Power and Marine division that had begun<br />
selling jet turbine engines as generators and boat motors.) 1968 combined<br />
the concept with the brilliant mind of Colin Chapman and the challenge of<br />
restrictions from USAC to further improve the car.<br />
Imagine if the powers that be at USAC did not work to exterminate the<br />
turbine but instead moved to nurture and improve the safety of the concept.<br />
Open wheel racing would be drastically different than it is today. Finally, I<br />
wonder if there’s a place in racing for turbine powered cars today?<br />
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