Comments on: The Sounds Of Racing http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/ Speed is Life Tue, 21 May 2013 14:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob West http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-10253 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:53:56 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-10253 Feb 2012 — I’ve been an Indy fan since ’47 and have heard the Novi quite a few times . Nothing in the world like it ! It’s great to hear it again ! Thanks for preserving this sound bite of racing history ! One hundred years old and still going — GO INDY !

]]> By: Savage Henry http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8228 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:24:51 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8228 Audio from Bobby Unser’s 1963 Indy qualifying attempt in the Novi. What a sound!

Great to hear Tom Carnegie’s commentary, too.

What did people do without the internet?

]]> By: Kaspar http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8224 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:24:51 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8224 Thank you :-) . And I agree, that article is a great read. I think I’ve read it about three times over the last year or so. Shows how much free time I have… and how brilliant piece it is. In fact, that entire site is full of awesome. Regarding CART/IndyCar, I also recommend this article about Porsche’s adventures:

http://8w.forix.com/march90p.html

And this one about Alfa Romeo:

http://8w.forix.com/march90ca.html

]]> By: The Speedgeek http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8223 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:45:35 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8223 Outstanding find, Kaspar. Great work. Anybody who has about 3 hours to spare (which is all of us, right? No? Just me?) should read that entire article about the Mercedes 500I on Forix. It’s basically the entire history of the stockblock engine at Indianapolis, leading up to the Buick/Menard V6s and the field killing Mercedes 500I, including the political scene in CART around the Chevy-Ilmor engines in the mid- to late-’80s, and then the aftermath of the Mercedes’ arrival and domination. It’s a freaking magnificent piece of literature.

]]> By: Kaspar http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8222 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:40:48 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8222 This article has a recording of the 1994 Honda engine, taken during practice for the 1994 Indy 500:

http://8w.forix.com/penske-mercedes-pc23-may-practice.html

Scroll a little over halfway down. There are also recordings of the Menard V6, Cosworth XB, Ilmor and Mercedes 500i :-)

]]> By: Joe from Chicago http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8220 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:37:19 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8220 Havent commented here before but have to agree on the importance of sound. My 1st 500 was in 1982 as a member of the Purdue AAMB – so I got to hear the amazing sound of 33 cars screaming to the green flag from the yard of bricks where they used to let us stay for the first few laps. Had several “old timers” point out the difference pitches from the different engines. Drove my family absolutely nuts trying to mimic the sound when I got back home. Still the best sound in world – outside a real good drum line.

]]> By: Ron Ford http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8219 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:36:03 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8219 Welcome back George. Thanks for following up on my comments about the sounds of racing. Very well done!

There are so many YouTube and other sources for racing engine sounds that it is a bit addictive once you start. If anyone is interested here is a site where you can access the sound of the Hotel Tropicana Novi driven by Bobby Unser during qualifying for the 1963 Indy500. I don’t do links very well, but this is easy to find:

Go to: “The Miller/Offenhauser Historical Society” website
click on: “Photo and Sound Gallery”
click on: “Go to Videos and Sound”
Then scroll all the way to the bottom of the sound examples to listen to that Novi coming down the front straightaway.

Not exactly elevator music:)

]]> By: redcar http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8218 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:58:01 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8218 Neat. I gotta agree with that.

]]> By: james t suel http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8217 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:34:11 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8217 Boy i think you have hit on something that will have a great effect on
how well these cars are accepted. I long for the days of the OFFY an the NOVI.i DONT BELIVE THESE ENGINES WILL SOUND LIKE THE COSWORTH OR ILMORE CHEVY.?

]]> By: JohnMc http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8216 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:50:17 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-sounds-of-racing/#comment-8216 Let me add my least favorite sound in racing, the one I heard today. The gate closing and locked at the Nashville Super Speedway. A most horrible sound.

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