....hard-core trivia time

[indyracefan]

....name these 7 drivers, and what do they share in common??

[rrrr]

Tom Sneva, Pancho Carter, Bill Simpson, Jan Opperman, Tom Bigelow, Mark Donohue, and Johnny Parsons, Jr.

What do they have in common? They're all race car drivers, of course. What do I win??

(you didn't say I had to guess what you were thinking)

[ensign14]

Left to right: Tom Sneva, Pancho Carter, Bill Simpson, Jan Opperman, Tom Bigelow, Larry Cannon and Johnny Parsons.

All the rookies from 1974.

[ September 26, 2002: Message edited by: ensign14 ]

[Railbird]

not exactly the class of '65

[grogg]

Originally posted by Railbird:
<STRONG>not exactly the class of '65</STRONG>

What Indy rookie crop compares to the class of '65?

Six out of seven are short trackers. It's funny but at the time I thought a few of their hairstyles were a little on the concervative side.

[ September 26, 2002: Message edited by: grogg ]

[crispy]

Originally posted by indyracefan:
<STRONG>....name these 7 drivers, and what do they share in common??
</STRONG>

Uh..., 5 of the 7 have their names clearly visible on their helmets...

Great picture.

[indyracefan]

Originally posted by ensign14:
<STRONG>Left to right: Tom Sneva, Pancho Carter, Bill Simpson, Jan Opperman, Tom Bigelow, Larry Cannon and Johnny Parsons.

All the rookies from 1974.

[ September 26, 2002: Message edited by: ensign14 ]</STRONG>

Good job, did you know or did you cheat??

[PHJIndy]

I knew them all and didn't need to look at their helmets. I saw all of them, except Bill Simpson, drive sprint cars.

[ensign14]

Originally posted by indyracefan:
<STRONG>Good job, did you know or did you cheat?? </STRONG>

I knew, I have seen a similar picture before (I think with Jan Opperman clowning around). I checked the exact year tho'.

Always thought Bigelow, Opperman and perhaps the 2nd generationers were born a few years too late. It's actually quite an impressive rookie class, don't you think? An Indy winner and first man past 200, another Indy pole sitter, a Michigan winner and a safety hero. Better than the 1979 rookie class.

[j.d.c]

I don't know about that ensign14. I'm sure there are a lot of cake, cornbread and cupcake fans that are very proud of the 79 ROY winner.

[j.d.c]

Well I blew that one. I was thinking Howdy Holmes and thought it was a joke in reference to the fact that he was the only rookie the year that he won ROY.

It must have been 1980...my bad

Wiat a minute...Richmond was ROY in 80.
Mears was 78 so it must have been Holmes.

[ September 26, 2002: Message edited by: j.d.c ]

[R_Mears_Fan]

Originally posted by j.d.c:
<STRONG>Well I blew that one. I was thinking Howdy Holmes and thought it was a joke in reference to the fact that he was the only rookie the year that he won ROY.

It must have been 1980...my bad

Wiat a minute...Richmond was ROY in 80.
Mears was 78 so it must have been Holmes.

[ September 26, 2002: Message edited by: j.d.c ]</STRONG>

Mears and Rice were ROYs in 78. Mears won Indy in 79.

[ensign14]

Originally posted by j.d.c:
<STRONG>Well I blew that one. I was thinking Howdy Holmes and thought it was a joke in reference to the fact that he was the only rookie the year that he won ROY.
</STRONG>

It was. Nothing against Howdy, but there was not that much competition...