auto racing cards

[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.

[Exhibitman]

Yep, that's Cogan alright, in 1981. No idea he was Rex Racer...

[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/

[David W]

I found this in a box of old post cards I won in a local auction.

Any chance it is of Louis Meyer, Racing Hall of Famer, and first 3 time Indy 500 winner?

He won in car number 8 at Indy in 1936, for his 3rd and final win.

Edited to say, I think it MIGHT possibly by Joe Dawson, who won the 2nd Indy 500 in 1912 in the number 8 car. The car
looks to old to be of Meyer, and looks pretty close to the car Dawson would have driven. In addition, Dawson drove in
many other types of races, as noted on the hood of the car.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by 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/

I guess it was worth $0.50 just to see the story.

Meanwhile, got these back today TTM:



The irony is that I sent in items with large light colored areas figuring a nice contrast with a dark ink but he signed with a white paint pen on the dark areas.

[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.