1939 Right on, and it's Wilbur Shaw In Another INDY Showdown
Oh man 1939...tell ya what....IF this was available on DVd at the Gift shop I'd buy this one because this was some kinda race to the finish by two of our greatest champs....
Lap 157...Wilbur Shaw and Louis Meyer neck and neck...
Shaw pits and HAS TROUBLE WITH THE FUEL RIG....Meyer is out front, Way out here....+68 seconds....in those days 3/4 lap...
BUT here comes Wilbur Shaw pushing it for all he's worth...on and on and on closing down lap after lap on Louis Meyer...
L180 with 50 miles left and there they are SHAW has run him down....L182 here they come down the mainstraight-away side by side this time...and into turn 1 Shaw takes the lead....
Oh man....Meyer Blow out s a tire and hustles to the pits and roars back in an all out dash to the finish....SHAW has to pit, he's low on fuel....In he comes and out again but now oh baby Meyer already a 3x Indy Winner is closing on him....LAP 195 and Meyer has caught SHAW...YES...either one can win it...who will it be....3 tight laps right together, it's still Wilbur Shaw then BOOM...Louis Meyer going all out ...spins, loops, his Bowes seal fast car around into the fence and he's done Out....and it's Shaw Wilbur SHAW winning another fight to the Finish at Indianapolis....
Oh man 1939...tell ya what....IF this was available on DVd at the Gift shop I'd buy this one because this was some kinda race to the finish by two of our greatest champs....
Lap 157...Wilbur Shaw and Louis Meyer neck and neck...
Shaw pits and HAS TROUBLE WITH THE FUEL RIG....Meyer is out front, Way out here....+68 seconds....in those days 3/4 lap...
BUT here comes Wilbur Shaw pushing it for all he's worth...on and on and on closing down lap after lap on Louis Meyer...
L180 with 50 miles left and there they are SHAW has run him down....L182 here they come down the mainstraight-away side by side this time...and into turn 1 Shaw takes the lead....
Oh man....Meyer Blow out s a tire and hustles to the pits and roars back in an all out dash to the finish....SHAW has to pit, he's low on fuel....In he comes and out again but now oh baby Meyer already a 3x Indy Winner is closing on him....LAP 195 and Meyer has caught SHAW...YES...either one can win it...who will it be....3 tight laps right together, it's still Wilbur Shaw then BOOM...Louis Meyer going all out ...spins, loops, his Bowes seal fast car around into the fence and he's done Out....and it's Shaw Wilbur SHAW winning another fight to the Finish at Indianapolis....