{"id":495682,"date":"2016-07-26T16:41:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T16:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=33491"},"modified":"2023-12-30T00:52:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T00:52:57","slug":"100th-running-indianapolis-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/100th-running-indianapolis-500\/","title":{"rendered":"100th Indianapolis 500\u2014Behind the Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My wife and I traveled back to Indianapolis for the \u201c500\u201d to take part in the vintage race portion of the event. The fact that I was going to drive alongside of Al Unser Jr., Bobby Unser, and Mario Andretti on the Speedway for the 100th<\/sup> was a dream come true. There were 118 vintage cars from all over the world that would be running in three classes for three days. The event was a complete sell out so the crowds were awesome.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We had transported our Truesport 91c-01 Indy car two weeks prior, so it was waiting for us at the Speedway when we arrived. The Truesport is powered by a Judd AV 2.65 turbo running on methanol. This was a lifelong dream of Jim Trueman but because of his untimely death in 1986 he was never able to see the final completion of the car. The car had been campaigned by Scott Pruett in 1991 and Brian Till drove the car in \u201992 on a limited schedule. The Truesport had been in storage for 19 years when we purchased it and hadn\u2019t been driven on the Speedway since Scott drove it to 12th<\/sup> place in \u201991.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n