Welcome to the Vintage Indycar Blog

Welcome to the Vintage Indycar Blog. I grew up just outside Indianapolis and my first trip to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was back in 1966. We went to pole day as it was known back then every year until 1975 when I joined the United States Air Force. 

Chuck Rodee

As we approach the 100th running this year, this blog is designed to bring back memories of when Indycar was in its hay day. The opinions here are just mine and any of you who want to chime in. Keep comments positive and respect other opinions. Any violations will be deleted. Please share your experiences with us and share the blog with your friends.

I will include pictures and historical facts that may have not made the 6 o'clock news back then. I will also share my experiences including getting to meet driver Salt Walther and helping with a book on his life story. We are also producing a video on him that has pictures and interviews that came from Salt's estate.

My biggest thrill in doing the book was getting to talk with track historian Donald Davidson via  telephone. We discuss listening to the race on the radio, because living in Indy it was not televised back then so radio was the way we enjoyed the race. I can remember hearing the Eddie Sachs Tommy MacDonald crash and then seeing it on the 6 o'clock news on WISH TV channel 8.

Until next time.