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

AJ Foyt, 1961 Indianapolis 500 Winner & Ray Harroun, winner of the inaugural race of 1911 on I've Got A Secret from June 7, 1961. Foyt had scored the first of his 4 Indy 500 victories the week before. This was the 50th anniversary race.

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[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.

[1more4theroad]

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

[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.

[2014cwajts71]

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

[wschmrdr]

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

[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.