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Title: Chris Economaki... Post by: Hoss on September 28, 2012, 05:29:40 pm ...passed early this morning.
I remember watching him especially during the Indy 500s way back when I first got interested in watching racing. Conan, I'm sure you remember him... RIP http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/more/chris-economaki-dies-at-age-91/ Title: Re: Chris Economaki... Post by: jmikeh on September 28, 2012, 06:18:00 pm ...passed early this morning. I remember watching him especially during the Indy 500s way back when I first got interested in watching racing. Conan, I'm sure you remember him... RIP http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/more/chris-economaki-dies-at-age-91/ Do remember his distinctive voice. Had forgotten all about him though. Title: Re: Chris Economaki... Post by: Conan71 on October 01, 2012, 10:53:45 am ...passed early this morning. I remember watching him especially during the Indy 500s way back when I first got interested in watching racing. Conan, I'm sure you remember him... RIP http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/more/chris-economaki-dies-at-age-91/ He published the best racing publication ever. Back before the internet, NSSN was the only way to get race results and stories from all over the country. RIP Chris! Title: Re: Chris Economaki... Post by: dbacks fan on October 02, 2012, 04:31:17 am My favorite Economaki interview was in the early to mid 80's at the Indy 500. Coming down for the green flag, Kevin Cogan stepped on the gas in his car and broke a left side half-shaft, causing his car to turn left and run into AJ Foyts car. Foyt was walking down pit lane afterwards, and Chris asked (paraphrasing) "AJ, AJ, what happened on the start?" to which AJ answered, "What happened? What happended? Cogan ran into my GD car, thats what happened!"
Go to 7:45 and you have it...... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33sBpPsAu0[/youtube] Title: Re: Chris Economaki... Post by: Conan71 on October 02, 2012, 08:29:21 am My favorite Economaki interview was in the early to mid 80's at the Indy 500. Coming down for the green flag, Kevin Cogan stepped on the gas in his car and broke a left side half-shaft, causing his car to turn left and run into AJ Foyts car. Foyt was walking down pit lane afterwards, and Chris asked (paraphrasing) "AJ, AJ, what happened on the start?" to which AJ answered, "What happened? What happended? Cogan ran into my GD car, thats what happened!" Go to 7:45 and you have it...... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33sBpPsAu0[/youtube] "Just a stupid deal, guy had his head up his donkey, that's all..." Gotta love A.J. Interesting you would have picked the video from 1982, that was the year my step dad took my best friend and I to Indy. Title: Re: Chris Economaki... Post by: Townsend on October 02, 2012, 08:51:12 am Interesting you would have picked the video from 1982, that was the year my step dad took my best friend and I to Indy. That was when Magic Olivia Newton-John and disco shorts roamed the Earth. (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rMnIZGZq6IA/TdKphZTXa3I/AAAAAAAACyM/2UkiV37OzlA/s1600/xanadu.jpg) |