auto racing cards

[Exhibitman]

I plan to send off two Petty items to the Museum for signature. Still deciding on which ones. Probably some early PCs with brighter backgrounds.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I decided I needed a RC not the Panini. The 3 makes no sense to me, I don't see a damn thing wrong except typical centering.

[Exhibitman]

Over the weekend I came across two Indy 500 postcards from 1963 of Parnelli Jones and Roger Ward. I'll scan and post eventually.

[wdmullins]

Alan Kulwicki did a signing at a local Hooters about nine months before he died.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by wdmullins

Alan Kulwicki did a signing at a local Hooters about nine months before he died.

Very neat autographed AK card, especially one signed close to his passing. Definitely cool have a legit signed Kulwicki card.

[Exhibitman]

Can someone please ID this racer? I picked up this 5 x 7 blank backed card over the weekend and cannot figure it out:



Name on the nose of the car is "Tyrell". Closest I can get is Racer X, but I don't think that's right because he's wearing the Speed Racer logo on his chest and not on his helmet:

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Can someone please ID this racer? I picked up this 5 x 7 blank backed card over the weekend and cannot figure it out:



Name on the nose of the car is "Tyrell". Closest I can get is Racer X, but I don't think that's right because he's wearing the Speed Racer logo on his chest and not on his helmet:

Looks like Kevin Cogan drove that car briefly for Tyrrell in 1981.

[Bored5000]

Dave is correct that it is Kevin Cogan. Cogan brought his Michelob sponsorship with him to run for car owner Ken Tyrrell at the 1981 Long Beach Grand Prix. Tyrrell's team was a power in the late 1960s-early 1970s in Formula 1, winning three driver's championships with Jackie Stewart. But by 1981, those glory days were mostly gone.

Cogan's is most known for the the 1982 Indy 500. He crashed on the pace lap that year, taking out A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti.

Following the incident, Foyt referred to him as "...that idiot 'Coogan'" and Andretti said, "That's what happens when you send a boy to do a man's job."

Here are a couple of links showing that it is Cogan:

https://www.tradingpaints.com/showro...am-Kevin-Cogan

https://f1since81.wordpress.com/2014.../tyrrell-ford/

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I decided I needed a RC not the Panini. The 3 makes no sense to me, I don't see a damn thing wrong except typical centering.

Good pickup, Peter. When I was looking for a Clark Lampo, I quickly realized that centering was going to be an issue. I would rather have your PSA 3 than several of the ones currently on eBay with almost no border at all on one side.