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The Indianapolis 500, the greatest spectacle in motorsport, has been a quest for Australians since the first race in 1911. It has been won by an Australian only once - last year by Toowoomba born Will Power (his real name). More than a century before, Rupert Jeffkins, Australia's first international racing driver, came within two laps (five miles) of winning the second Indy ever held. He and Ralph De Palma created legend when they pushed their car to the finish line after it blew up while leading. In between Jeffkins and Power, another 10 Australians have attempted to win the world's greatest motor race.
Jack Brabham, Australia's three times world champion was the greatest agent of change Indianapolis has ever known. He changed the brickyard (the surface was constructed of 3.2million paving bricks) forever in 1961 when he raced his rear engine Cooper Climax against the monstrous front engine Indy cars of the time. He drove through the blinding smoke of a fiery crash in which two drivers were killed but his tyres failed. He came ninth, but from 1964, spurred by Brabham's innovation, a front engine car never won again. In fact, the Indy has been challenged by three generations of Brabham. Jack's son Geoff was fourth in 1983. Geoff's son Matt failed to finish in 2016.
Australians at Indy provides the opportunity to write about Australian motor racing ambition around the world. It will be a deep and compelling dive into those who've raced at The Brickyard - and also into those who didn't, focusing on why Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo never took up the challenge. As he did with Mount Panorama, John will once more bring a legendary motor racing circuit to life, but this time through a uniquely Australian perspective.
Jack Brabham, Australia's three times world champion was the greatest agent of change Indianapolis has ever known. He changed the brickyard (the surface was constructed of 3.2million paving bricks) forever in 1961 when he raced his rear engine Cooper Climax against the monstrous front engine Indy cars of the time. He drove through the blinding smoke of a fiery crash in which two drivers were killed but his tyres failed. He came ninth, but from 1964, spurred by Brabham's innovation, a front engine car never won again. In fact, the Indy has been challenged by three generations of Brabham. Jack's son Geoff was fourth in 1983. Geoff's son Matt failed to finish in 2016.
Australians at Indy provides the opportunity to write about Australian motor racing ambition around the world. It will be a deep and compelling dive into those who've raced at The Brickyard - and also into those who didn't, focusing on why Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo never took up the challenge. As he did with Mount Panorama, John will once more bring a legendary motor racing circuit to life, but this time through a uniquely Australian perspective.
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Publisher
Allen & UnwinYear
2020eBook ISBN
9781761060670Edition
0Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 THE LAYING OF THE BRICKS
- 2 THE SPEED KING
- 3 THE SPEED KING AND THE ROO
- 4 TIME FLIES—THE FIRST 50 YEARS
- 5 APPLYING THE BLACKJACK
- 6 AT THE FRONT OF THE REAR-END REVOLUTION
- 7 THE BRUCE, DENNY AND CHRIS SHOW
- 8 BIG REV KEV AND CASSIUS
- 9 THIRD . . . COULD HAVE BEEN FIRST
- 10 SON OF THE FATHER
- 11 THE MAN WHO REBUFFED ROGER PENSKE
- 12 THE CIVIL WAR
- 13 THE GROOMSMAN
- 14 THE DRIVER WHISPERER
- 15 THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY
- 16 MATTY BRABS AND THE CRUSHER
- 17 THE ENGINE ROOM
- 18 AUSSIE HEROES
- 19 THE WINNER IS . . . DIXON
- 20 THE WINNER IS . . . POWER
- 21 THE FUTURE IS MCLAUGHLIN
- PICTURE SECTION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX