Yunick came up with a design that consisted of two pods that separated the driver.
Hurst floor shifter special indy 500.
Legendary mechanic and designer henry smokey yunick had a long history of off the wall ideas some of which pushed the limits of what the rule makers had in mind.
Page 1 of 2 hurst floor shift special indy 500 1964 posted in scratch building.
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10 of the strangest indy 500 racers.
Resembling a torpedo with a sidecar yunick s strange machine was among the first to pay serious attention to the car s frontal area and its aerodynamic effects.
One of the strangest cars ever to contest the indy 500 was the hurst floor shifter special from the fertile rule challenging imagination of smokey yunick.
Nejste li v americké automobilové a závodní kultuře zběhlí tak vězte že hurst je slavná firma která vyráběla zkrácená řazení i efektní.
Resembling a torpedo with a sidecar yunick s strange machine was among the first to pay serious attention to the car s frontal area and its aerodynamic effects.
This years bordeaux meeting was for all indy 500 cars up to the end of 68 i have looked at smokey yunick s sidecar special car many times and wondered about modelling it but it always seemed a daunting task and it never actually raced at indy being abandoned after crashing during practice luckily bordeaux.
Perhaps his most bonkers creation was the 1964 hurst floor shifter.
Smokey yunick built the hurst floor shift special to compete in the 1964 indy 500 sadly the car was damaged in qualifying and didn t race.
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Previously designers had experimented with offset chassis or engines for use on oval tracks and also engines beside the driver but with this car yunick was searching for high speed through low frontal area.
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Perhaps his most bonkers creation was the 1964 hurst floor shifter.
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One of the strangest cars ever to contest the indy 500 was the hurst floor shifter special from the fertile rule challenging imagination of smokey yunick.
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One of the strangest cars ever to contest the indy 500 was the hurst floor shifter special from the fertile rule challenging imagination of smokey yunick.