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2/26/08, 12:16 AM
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Remembering Swede Savage! I was so close I could feel the heat from the fire ball! I've seen a lot of tragic crashes at Indy over the years, this one has always stuck in my mind! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLUbD...eature=related
2/26/08, 12:46 AM
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My Indy connection, Larry was a personal friend of my Father. Larry fudged about my age so I could work in his 1976 pit crew!.. Great times man!! 
Larry Cannon (racecar driver)
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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.Larry Cannon (April 13, 1937 - November 6, 1995), was an American racecar driver.
Born in Danville, Illinois, Cannon also died there in 1995, after suffering an embolism. He drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series, racing in the 1970-1971 and 1973-1981 seasons, with 44 combined career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1974, 1976, and 1980. He finished in the top ten 7 times, with his best finish in 8th position in 1976 at both College Station and Michigan International Speedway.
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YearChassisEngineStartFinish1971shrike[chevyFailed to Qualify1973OffyFailed to Qualify1974EagleOffy33rd24th1975EagleOffyFailed to Qualify1976EagleOffy10th17th1977EagleFoytFailed to Qualify1978WildcatDGSFailed to Qualify1979WildcatOffyFailed to Qualify1980WildcatDGS14th33rd1981PenskeCosworthFailed to Qualify1983VollstedtOffyFailed to Qualify1984RattlesnakeCosworthPractice Crash
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Larry Cannon (racecar driver)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article does not cite any references or sources. (September 2007)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.Larry Cannon (April 13, 1937 - November 6, 1995), was an American racecar driver.
Born in Danville, Illinois, Cannon also died there in 1995, after suffering an embolism. He drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series, racing in the 1970-1971 and 1973-1981 seasons, with 44 combined career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1974, 1976, and 1980. He finished in the top ten 7 times, with his best finish in 8th position in 1976 at both College Station and Michigan International Speedway.
[edit] Indy 500 results
YearChassisEngineStartFinish1971shrike[chevyFailed to Qualify1973OffyFailed to Qualify1974EagleOffy33rd24th1975EagleOffyFailed to Qualify1976EagleOffy10th17th1977EagleFoytFailed to Qualify1978WildcatDGSFailed to Qualify1979WildcatOffyFailed to Qualify1980WildcatDGS14th33rd1981PenskeCosworthFailed to Qualify1983VollstedtOffyFailed to Qualify1984RattlesnakeCosworthPractice Crash
This biographical article related to United States auto racing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Cannon_%28racecar_driver%29"
Categories: 1937 births | 1995 deaths | Champ Car drivers | American racecar drivers | Indy 500 drivers | People from Vermilion County, Illinois | United States auto racing biography stubs
2/26/08, 05:37 AM
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2/26/08, 06:06 AM
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2/26/08, 07:00 AM
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Yea I thought I needed to come up with a name for the car. Wife and me started looking at it and she noticed I had dice on the valve stem and door locks and we started playing around with names about gambling. I also got bored this winter and made these in my work shop
Attachment 39882
Attachment 39883
The dice with sticks will hold the rope to keep the crowds back
, got 40' of black nylon rope.
2/26/08, 08:32 AM
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Remembering Swede Savage! I was so close I could feel the heat from the fire ball! I've seen a lot of tragic crashes at Indy over the years, this one has always stuck in my mind! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLUbD...eature=related
I was thinking this was the same year, after reseaching sure enough it was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWAPE6uzsgc
2/26/08, 09:29 AM
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We got snowed on pretty good last night, it started right around 4pm or so and kept going. It was the wet and sloppy stuff. Makes great snowballs though.
2/26/08, 10:11 AM
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its a really wet slippery snow...I about fell on my **** 3 or 4 times just brushing the stuff off of my car!
and darrell...Those giant dice are awesome! That will be really cool at car shows!
and darrell...Those giant dice are awesome! That will be really cool at car shows!
2/26/08, 10:32 AM
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I was trudging around in this stuff quite a bit last night. I just got done cleaning the Escort off and shoveling under it, along with shoveling the walkway to the front door.
2/26/08, 10:33 AM
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2/26/08, 11:00 AM
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I set in the rain that year, we didn't go back when they finally ran the race. There was a lot of wrecks in that race. Wasn't that also, the year of the big one at the start with Salt Walther's (another rich kid that wanted to go racing) feet sticking out of the car as it spun down the main straight. Hard to believe that Savage lived through the impact, only to be left to burn in the pile of wreckage. I remember seeing him fight to get out of the car. Those cars back then carried upwards of 40 gallans of fuel in them. Seemed like if there was a fire back then the driver was almost always killed. I think they called it flame inhalation. The most vivid memory of that kind I have it Art Pollard's wreck in practice before Saturday Qualifications.
I was thinking this was the same year, after reseaching sure enough it was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWAPE6uzsgc
I was thinking this was the same year, after reseaching sure enough it was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWAPE6uzsgc
2/26/08, 11:21 AM
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Hey! 70MACH1OWNER got a name and theme for your Stang yet! I can think of a couple..........but I don't want to start fight with you to day!!...
2/26/08, 11:41 AM
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Smart Man...I always hate to get into a "battle of witts" with an unarmed man. However, I can make it optional in your case!!