Indy 500 pace car reunion May 2011 How many Studebakers will be there?

[Studebaker Wheel]

Rear-view mirror!---- Was it a 1912 or 1911 Marmon?

You win, the mirror can be clearly seen in the stamp image. Since the race was held in May 1911 I assumed it was a 1911 model year car. Or maybe I should say a 1911 model year chassis and engine since the car itself was heavily modified.

[52 Ragtop]

Richard, Yes, I have several copies around (shop, car etc) of the artical, so that IF I ever had a "barnfind" I'd know what it is! LOL

Jim

[BobPalma]

There is a legitimate error on the above commemorative stamp (not Dick's accompanying prose).

Anyone know what it is? BP

[8E45E]

There is a legitimate error on the above commemorative stamp (not Dick's accompanying prose).

Anyone know what it is? BP

Missing the hand-crank.

Craig

[BobPalma]

Missing the hand-crank. Craig

True, Craig, but we might dismiss that as part of the stylizing that went into the artwork.

The error is something else, more definite...and indeed definite. BP

[8E45E]

True, Craig, but we might dismiss that as part of the stylizing that went into the artwork.

The error is something else, more definite...and indeed definite. BP

Quick link: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...11-Marmon-Wasp

Then the pavement should be BRICK!

Craig

[BobPalma]

Quick link: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...11-Marmon-Wasp

Then the pavement should be BRICK!

Craig

True, Craig; stylized bricks (or even a reddish brick color with a few hash marks) would have been appropriate, but that's still not the error I have in mind.

(I'm not being picky; I'm sure you'll agree it is legitimate, undisputable error when pointed out.) BP

[63larkr1]

I talked to the guy that bought my documented 1962 Daytona Indy 500 Festival car and he hasn't finished the restoration so he will not have it at the pace car reunion.
Richard

[Studebaker Wheel]

True, Craig, but we might dismiss that as part of the stylizing that went into the artwork.

The error is something else, more definite...and indeed definite. BP

This help find it?

[Studebaker Wheel]

Looks to me like the front axle and springs are not shown on the stamp photo.

[8E45E]

Looks to me like the front axle and springs are not shown on the stamp photo.

There are a number of things missing or 'different', but Bob has dismissed them in that this drawing is a caricature of the real thing. I mentioned the starting crank missing in my earlier post of which I also posted a link of the photo I took of it showing the left side.

Craig

[Dwain G.]

There is a legitimate error on the above commemorative stamp (not Dick's accompanying prose).

Anyone know what it is? BP

Probably not a true error in the stamp designers mind, just a convenient omission of historical fact.

[8E45E]

Probably not a true error in the stamp designers mind, just a convenient omission of historical fact.

If its supposed to be an EXACT recreation of the stamp that's supposed to be going into circulation, then its missing the denomination, either a figure, or a letter designation for domestic mail.

Craig

[Skinnys Garage]

There is a legitimate error on the above commemorative stamp (not Dick's accompanying prose).

Anyone know what it is? BP

At first I thought the car was going the wrong way (grandstands in the background), but the more I look at it, they seem to be far enough in the distance that the car would be on the back stretch going the right way. Were you thinking wrong direction?

[BobPalma]

OK, here's what's wrong, guys: The stamp says 100 Years of Racing.

This implies one of two things, both of which are wrong. Either:

1. There have been 100 Indianapolis 500 Mile Races as of the 2011 Race. That is not true because the race was suspended during WWII. The 100th Indianapolis 500 will not be run for a couple more years.

OR

2. The stamp commemorates The Indianapolis Motor Speedway celebrating 100 years of racing in 2011. That isn't true, either, because racing took place in both 1909 and 1910. There were shorter automobile races and many motorcycle races in the facility's formative years before the promoters decided on a real granddaddy of a race of 500 miles, quite a test for the machinery of the day.

So The Speedway completed and celebrated 100 Years of Racing in 2009, not 2011:

http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/history/35637/

Hence, I'm not sure what "100 Years of Racing" is doing on a 2011 postage stamp; it's too late for 100 Years of Racing since the facility had its first race and it is too early for the 100th running of the famous Indianapolis 500!

?????????? BP