Thank you for your wonderful comments. Eve Drake-Landers passed quietly in her home May 28, 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday April 7. She will be missed and remembered in our hearts forever.
Well Nice video But You Forgot to Metion ,My Uncle Kelly Petillo 1935 Winner Or The Indy 500 In a Offy The First Year For That Motor and it FIRST WIN !Kelly Passed Away June 30th 1970, The Ride in mechanic Jimmy Dunham Passed Away Aug 1st 2008 age 96
Thanks for uploading this video! What an adorable and spry 97-year-young lady Eve Drake is!
Great bit of insight on the legendary Offenhauser, "the little four with the BIG punch".
Under fair rules the mighty Offy's absolutely DOMINATED American racing for nearly 50 years, and allowed fair competition, would have continued to dominate right up to today!
The rules commmittee kept throttling the Offy's down so that the little V8 Ford Cosworth's would have a chance!
The last of the competitive Offys produced 1000 bhp @ 24 psi boost.
The various racing 'Committees' had to keep lowering the maximum boost allowed so that cars without Offys could have a chance to win.
The Offys would take whatever boost you hit them with, the Fords, etc wouldn't.
Offenhauser was not "Engineered" out of racing it was "Legislated" out of racing.
Who knows how much Ford had to pay under the table to get the Offys off the front row.
hammerogod 1 month ago
Thank you for your wonderful comments. Eve Drake-Landers passed quietly in her home May 28, 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday April 7. She will be missed and remembered in our hearts forever.
olcowgirl 7 months ago
A very nicely produced memoir. My good fortune to have Googled "Meyer-Drake" on a whim.
All my best to the lovely and formidable Mrs. Drake.
Ted Crum
Oakland
tedcrum 7 months ago
That's such a nice piece of history. I know that the "Offy" was THE engine back in the the 1950s when I first became interested in the Indy race.
nemo227 1 year ago
Thank You Eve andything you can remember would be much appciated take care and thanks for the reply
steve Ca.
Heneryfordrules 3 years ago
thats a great video
yaiknowscrewme 3 years ago
Well Nice video But You Forgot to Metion ,My Uncle Kelly Petillo 1935 Winner Or The Indy 500 In a Offy The First Year For That Motor and it FIRST WIN !Kelly Passed Away June 30th 1970, The Ride in mechanic Jimmy Dunham Passed Away Aug 1st 2008 age 96
Heneryfordrules 3 years ago 2
Eve said to say hello and wish you her best. She remembers your uncle, Kelly Petillo and says that "Those were the days". Thank you for posting.
olcowgirl 3 years ago
Thanks for uploading this video! What an adorable and spry 97-year-young lady Eve Drake is!
Great bit of insight on the legendary Offenhauser, "the little four with the BIG punch".
Under fair rules the mighty Offy's absolutely DOMINATED American racing for nearly 50 years, and allowed fair competition, would have continued to dominate right up to today!
The rules commmittee kept throttling the Offy's down so that the little V8 Ford Cosworth's would have a chance!
glnelson1956 3 years ago 6