Comments on: The First Split In Open-Wheel Racing http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-first-split-in-open-wheel-racing/ Speed is Life Sat, 25 May 2013 08:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mmack http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-first-split-in-open-wheel-racing/#comment-1162 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:41:58 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-first-split-in-open-wheel-racing/#comment-1162 I only know of the ASPAR split from reading GO! The Bettenhausen Story. It seems Tony Bettenhausen Sr. was supposed to be driving one of the two Lou Moore entered Blue Crown Spark Plug cars as a teammate to Mauri Rose. Tony sided with ASPAR, lost his ride, and Bill Holland took his place. Unfortunately for Bill, he took it too “E-Z” and Mauri Rose passed him for the win. By the time Tony got back to driving for Lou Moore in the early 1950′s, the Blue Crown front drive cars that won from 1947 – 49 were obsolete.

]]> By: Brian McKay http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-first-split-in-open-wheel-racing/#comment-1161 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:48:31 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-first-split-in-open-wheel-racing/#comment-1161 George the historian comes through again. Thanks.

]]> By: Leigh O'Gorman http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-first-split-in-open-wheel-racing/#comment-1160 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:04 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-first-split-in-open-wheel-racing/#comment-1160 Very interesting George.
I knew about the 1979 split and was a distant witness for the one in 1996, but didn’t know about the post-war threat.
Ironically, it, in many ways, is nearly identical to the threatened split in F1 this year – again about the teams getting more money from the organisers; that happened to be hamstrung from deals made only a few years earlier.

Life running around in circles, etc…

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