- 1070-AM WIBC: Donald Davidson with Dave “The King” Wilson hosting (hour #1)
- Network Indiana Shows (hour #2) during part of the month
- Most shows take place at the Dreyer and Reinbold garage in Gasoline Alley
- Some shows were pre-empted or shortened due to Pacers playoff games.
- Podcasts downloadable online for the first time
Monday 5-1-2006
Flying wheel and wing logo, Pat O’Connor, George Bignotti, One-off cars, Ryan’s Trackforum plug/C+S Motorsports, Michael Greenfield, Will there ever be a different Pace car than a Corvette?, Buddy Lazier’s Dodge Viper, six-wheeled cars, Pat Vidan.
Tuesday 5-2-2006
Greg Weld, 1958 O’Connor crash, Scoring Pylon, Jules Goux.
Wednesday 5-3-2006
1958 Pat O’Connor crash, Bob Veith, Dick Simon, Baby Born at Speedway?, Tallest driver.
Thursday 5-4-2006
USAC’s “24 Hour Rule”, Lowest starting position to lead the first lap.
Friday 5-5-2006
Barbershop, Chet Miller (Dave from Marion), Wilbur D’Alene, comebacks from retirement (Paul in Racine), Controversy over Bill Puterbaugh’s car sold.
Monday 5-8-2006
Pat Flaherty, Peter Kreis, Living winners from before 1970, Bobby Grim, 1946 Pace Car, Eldon Rasmussen.
Tuesday 5-9-2006
Changes in “Happy Hour” due to Daylight Saving Time, Lap Prize money, More about Happy Hour, the three drivers of the 1960 front row were late arriving, Chet Richer-appears in panorama photo twice, Jack Beckley (Jerry from Delphi).
Wednesday 5-10-2006
Pat Flaherty’s shamrock, 500 Program, Bobby Unser vs. Andy Granatelli, Norm Hall.
Wednesday 5-10-2006 (Network Indiana)
Paul from Racine calling from Virginia: Leo Mehl, Dave from Marion…mechanic Don Brown, average speed without yellow laps (Donald takes a shot at CART red flagging the 2002 race at Fontana to try to set the 500-mile speed record), George Connor, Doc Williams, Wilbur Shaw keeping his plane at the Speedway, follow up on Jack Beckley, Smokey Yunick.
Thursday 5-11-2006
Sid Collin’s eulogy for Eddie Sachs, Ron Hemelgarn (Paul in Racine), Restoration status of the Marmon Wasp, Fred Agabashian, Mel Keneally.
Thursday 5-11-2006 (Network Indiana)
Rich Volger (Dave from Marion), Jim Clark and Al Unser Sr. and the scoring dispute during the 1966 race, history of scoring methods, Tom Bigelow and his time with Rolla Volsted in the 1970s, The 500 Oldtimers Club, brothers Dick and Jim Rathmann, A driver who gets bumped is not a successful qualifying attempt, Michael Roe, Ed Elsian (drivers stopping to help other drivers), Harry C. “Cotton” Henning – part 1.
Friday 5-12-2006
the Novi machines, “The Fantasy 500”, Bruce Walkup, the qualifying line spreading over two days, caution flag procedures over the years, PACER Light System, Jimmy Murphy, Phil Caliva.
Friday 5-12-2006 (Network Indiana)
Harry C. “Cotton” Henning – part 2 (Jerry from Delphi), Johnny Thomson (Dave from Marion), the Stevens house outside of turn 1, retired former “500” winners that came back to race again, and old photo of Donald, Rolla Volsted.
Saturday 5-13-2006 (Pole Day – rained out)
Ray Harroun and book recommendations, Time Trials occurring “late” or close to race day, 1968 time trials on a Monday, Donald’s trip around the world, Larry Rice interview, Michael Andretti lap leader stats, David Ward call in about Rick Muther / A.L. Freeman, Dave Argabright interview about the Chris Economacki biography, waited on hold to get no information about Mel Keneally, some driver told me he was “the first driver to hit 150 mph unofficially, then blew up down the backstretch” and Donald thinks he’s talking about Ralph Liguori, and denied the 150 mph claim, Drivers who dropped out on the parade/pace laps before the green flag, Cliff Hucul, rain tires at Indy, Ronnie Duman (other drivers who owned homes in Speedway, Indiana), Sam Sessions, Entry fee for the race, Polesitters missing the race (only one was Scott Brayton), Where are the drivers: Lloyd Ruby, Jim McElreath, Jim Hurtubise (deceased), Stan Fox (deceased), more about local Speedway area residents, Pennzoil sponsored drivers in IRL years, recollections on old timers, A.J. Foyt stories, Donald Davidson’s life story.
Sunday 5-14-2006 (Second Day Time Trials – rained out)
TOGA was used as filler during the afternoon.
Monday 5-15-2006
Best racing films (“Grand Prix” premier), Union Carbide, “500” Memorabilia, Corky Andretti calls in and tells the true story about the 1969 pace car – Mario did not trade it in, and Aldo got a flat tire on the way home, corrections about A.J. Foyt’s top tens from the day before, Bob Wente, Best drivers in regards to “time behind the winner”.
Monday 5-15-2006 (Network Indiana)
Race with two white flags, hypothetical 1989 finish with Raul Boesel, Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, or Scott Brayton possibly taking the win, Russ Snowberger, Mike Boyle, retired drivers returning to race again, green cars winning the race, Roger McCluskey, the white barn over by the golf course, fire at Donald’s house – Ray Harroun photo lost in the fire, Vel Miletich.
Tuesday 5-16-2006
Don Smith (from Terre Haute and the fairgrounds) involvement with the Sumar Special, replacement drivers for injured drivers, will Donald come to “Camp and Brew”?, Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid and the Turbine (not another guy asking about the Turbine!), what was the second hard paved track in the U.S. (if IMS was the first). Arnie Knepper (Jerry from Delphi).
Wednesday 5-17-2006
USAC drivers racing at Le Mans in 1960s, Rex Mays races at Riverside – which featured F1 participants, tires (too much of a “gearhead” question), driver or owner going on to notoriety after working at the race, i.e. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, 1958 Pat O’Connor crash (abbreviated response), Indianapolis Raceway Park road course.
Wednesday 5-17-2006 (Network Indiana)
Bill Vukovich II, Lee Kunzman, Ted Field and Danny Ongais, the term “Specials”, A.J. Foyt with Goodyear tires at the Speedway in 1964.
Thursday 5-18-2006
More info about the Indianapolis Raceway Park question from previous night, Bob Fletcher (Paul in Racine), Herb Porter, Bobby Marshman.
Thursday 5-18-2006 (Network Indiana)
A.J. Foyt profile (Dave from Marion), A.J. Foyt’s Springfield–Milwaukee double with a dirt car (includes gas cap story), the upcoming Pace Car Reunion and Throwback Day, more on Foyt – the 1961 finish, other Foyt luck/wins, the terms: Track Roadster, Sprint Cars, Midgets, etc., Jean “Gene” Marcenac, 16th Street Speedway (both versions), is Danny Ongais at the track, Kevin Cogan – imposter visiting the museum claiming he was Cogan.
Friday 5-19-2006 (Network Indiana)
Discussion about the Pace Car Reunion and Throwback Day, Jack Hewitt, the 1974 race, 1979 qualifying controversy, riding mechanics, Ray Harroun and the rear view mirror, Lewis Strang, also Strang in 1909 photo of the model of the Speedway, Andy Granatelli history at the Speedway, more talk about Throwback Day (ice cream with the wooden spoon), the 1981 controversy (Paul in Racine), Jerry O’Connell (skipped), 1973 and 1982 – driver killed on qualifying day and Gordon Johncock won both years, Phil Hedbeck dumping silver dollars into helmet for 150 mph and 200 mph as well as for Janet Guthrie.
Monday 5-22-2006
Eddie Sachs, 1968–1969 Chuck Booth’s Speedy’s Roasted Chicken Special, Lloyd Ruby ripping the fuel hose out during the 1969 race, Don “The Rabbit” Brown, the Kevin Cogan crash at the start in 1982.
Monday 5-22-2006 (Network Indiana)
Jerry O’Connell and Jud Phillips, story about drivers taking over Mike Mosely’s ride in 1975 – Bobby Unser, Al Unser Sr., Mario Andretti at Michigan/Trenton/Phoenix, Sugaripe Prunes reference, more Mike Mosely memories, Johnny Boyd (Dave from Marion), last front-engine car to make a qualifying attempt.
Tuesday 5-23-2006
First driver to hit the SAFER Barrier (Robbie McGehee), starting grid in exact order of speed rank from top to bottom, 1971 pace car crash, driver waved off due to lack of speed, Joe Langley, A.J. Foyt in 1964 wearing a Goodyear uniform but using Firestone tires, 1967 great drivers that failed to qualify, most Indy car race winners in the field, who was the most debonair driver, when did they start and stop using the term “Special,” the alternate in the 2006 race (not used anymore).
Wednesday 5-24-2006
Relief drivers, Bobby Grim, asking about what type of milk the drivers desired in victory lane (what would happen if there was a lactose intolerant driver or someone with a milk allergy), highest car counts, Menopause Manor sign (question ignored), who paid $5000 for a garage without a car? (question ignored), Jigger Sirios (short answer), Troy Ruttman, origin of the command “Gentlemen Start You Engines” (partial answer), Belond Special, the old and new garages (1985), what if the race ended in a tie (unlikely), who was burned in the 1919 race, Rick Mears 1981 pit fire (fuel nozzle).
Wednesday 5-24-2006 (Network Indiana)
When did the jet dryer come along, races that had rain delays, Babe Stapp, prominent owners who never won the “500”, television history of the “500”.
Thursday 5-25-2006 (Network Indiana)
Gary Bettenhausen (Dave from Marion), Pat Patrick, the Pat Clancy six-wheeled car, Ernie Tripplet, Darl Wibel, Fred Frame (Jerry from Delphi), Chuck Booth, John Menard and Herm Johnson.
Friday 5-26-2006
Carb Day recap from IMS Radio Network, Bill Cantrel, Donald’s stories about meeting with various Pre-WWII Indy 500 winners or their relatives, Donald’s stories about Ray Harroun, last upright dirt car in the race, Leo Goossen of Offenhauser, tallest and shortest winners of the “500”, Fred Frame, how many drivers have led a lap, as seen in the 1936 film “Speed,” what were the drivers pumping on the car (oil pump).
Friday 5-26-2006 (Network Indiana)
Pat Patrick, Gordon Johncock’s 1973 victory dinner at Burger Chef, Mark Donohue in 1972, driver with the most attempts before actually qualifying, most attempts with never qualifying, effort to document relief drivers, Johnny Sawyer, drivers named Smith and Mark Smith of 1993–1994 and his father (Spruce Goose), Johnnie Parsons, Donald’s trip around the world.
Saturday 5-27-2006 (“The All-Night Race Party”)
1984, 1976, 1996 race replays, the 1984 race, Michael Andretti and the rookies in 1984, Max Beaver, the 1984 Pontiac Fiero pace car, Pat Bedard, memories, Emerson Fittipaldi, Paul Page (“Intercourse Racing” on-air gaffe), Bob Lowell, 1976 memories, Janet Guthrie in 1976, Paul Page’s tenure as a pit reporter, 1976 memories, Sally Larvick and Nicole Manske.
Sunday 5-28-2006 (Post Race Drive Home Show)
Interviews with Max Papis, Aldo Andretti, Ed Carpenter, Arie Luyendyk, Eddie Cheever, Vince Welch, Kevin Lee, Linda Conti, etc. Donald came on at 6:30 p.m., brief recap of the finish, Peter Revson, youngest winner, closest three-car finish, winners from the pole, most top tens, most consecutive top tens, Al Loquasto, questions about the race, how many bricks in the track, car #6 winning the race, questions about pit exit rules, the Jigger Sorois question (again), Scott Sharp, Mark Smith (again), questions about how Sam Hornish Jr. came back to win, City of Kenosha Special, Michael Andretti with three cars in the top five.
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