I've Got A Secret: AJ Foyt & Ray Harroun June 1, 1961

[wschmrdr]

Dan Wheldon: I won the Indy 500 50 years from now.

[2014cwajts71]

@wschmrdr Sad to say Mr. Wheldon cannot say that anymore. Damn shame.

[ohiopower]

I wished I lived back then. The girls were not all fake and they knew about auto racing.



[RRaquello]

@ohiopower

Betsy Palmer, who guesses while Bill Cullen was still talking, was from Indiana, which is probably why she knew.

[44032]

There's a considerable controversy as to whether Harroun actualy won that first race. The judge's stand was destroyed in an acciendt and the judges scattered in all directions. Ralph Mulford took the checkered flag. There was confusion about which lap Mulford and Harroun were on. Mulford was ordered to take three extra laps and by the time he came in Harroun, a local hero, was in the winner's circle. The race records were destroyed after Mulford's appeal was denied.

[tomservo56954]

There's an interesting about Foyt's first win...after seeing his mother admiring the official pace car, he promised her that he would give it to her if he took the checkered flag (the vehicle is presented to the winner). So Mrs. Foyt left Indy in her new Ford Thunderbird.

[nitrofumes]

What a gem ! Awesome !!!

[ACOWproductions]

Is it me or does Foyt look like kind of like Michael Shumacher here, lol.

[badmaxx]

Great posting, I enjoyed it immensely!

[JeffW77]

Amazing to see those two great men together. I remember watching "I've Got a Secret" as a kid. This program aired in June 1961 when I was five years old.

[zeeman1913]

Yeah - Ray Harroun was 1 of my great grand-dad's engineers. He never raced again as far as I know. His theory about no riding mechanic, harder tires and the 1st rear view mirror paid off. The car wasn't even that fast - just smart thinking !!!!!!!!!!

[zeeman1913]

That's my great grandfather's car - Walter Marmon

[mouseworxion]

ha thats my great grandpa ray harroun

[zeeman1913]

@mouseworxion That's my Great Grandfather's car - Walter Marmon

[bryjb10]

@zeeman1913 Ray worked for Walter Marmon at the Marmon company. Ray designed built and raced the Marmon Wasp and I believe you are correct that Walter was the owner.

[bryjb10]

@mouseworxion, nice Ray is my grandmothers cousin! Seems we are related! :)

[matadorstuff]

@bigtruck1969 You miss reddriver2006's irony/sarcasm. Clearly he is referring to the fact that as far as the IRL were concerned, they invented the sport in 1996, and airbrushed the rest out of history - when in truth Tony George only ruined the sport in 1996 due to his vanity and hunger for power.

[BlueFox284]

All these years later Ray Harroun is right- racing is still safer than riding around the highways with the hotrodders and dumbass kids in general. . .

[mad122780]

One of the coolest vids I've seen. Its very classic to have them together back then.

[unwindout]

I'd read that AJ privately asked Harroun on this occasion when is it time to retire, and Harroun replied that he'd just know it when the time came.

[penske13]

marmon.......not morman.

[BSNFabricating]

WOW!! This is priceless!! Thanks for posting it!

[7harroun]

Awesome! Thanks for posting. He even pronounced our last name correctly!

[IRLIndyCar]

Wow - this is an amazing video that I had never seen or even heard about! Nice post!

[garnerac]

Awesome!

[redriverman2006]

What?! IndyCar racing was invented in 1996... this doesn't make sense...

Truely a gem! Haha.

[1more4theroad]

WOW!  What a gem!! Thanks so much for sharing this!