is this for real?

[Plymouthy Adams]

what in the wide world of sports would deem this such a valuable banner?  Inquiring minds want to know.  

 

INDY MOTOR SPEEDWAY VINTAGE 2012 BANNER RACING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD NASCAR | eBay

[Dan Hiebert]

Someone's got a strange sense of "vintage"...and money on the brain.  You can get those at the Indy Speedway swag shop for significantly less. 

[Plymouthy Adams]

I agree totally with you.....I have no clue where they pulled that figure from....granted most are selling for 25-35 range and even at that, a bit above and beyond and for someone trying to get the whole collection....would I ever think they would come close to a sawbuck for any of them.   I was looking at prices of such as I have a swap meet coming up and some items to sell....while it would be nice to sell some of mine at that price....I have to be realistic.......I did make one Indy 500 and one was plenty. 

[Dan Hiebert]

I had one of those banners from the '80's.  It came in a box of stuff with our Terraplane, apparently because the Terraplane did a lap around the Indy 500 track when a PO had it.  The car was sold new in Indianapolis and spent most of its life in Terre Haute, IN.  I don't remember the circumstances, whether the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club did a foray there, or they had an open track day, but it's apparently something Indy at least used to do.  Couldn't stop your old car on the track for a photo (they didn't want patches of oil), but you could do a lap and they'd take a photo.  I think I still have a photo, but it's from a club magazine article and not very good.  I may still have the banner, too.  I only suspect where they are, I don't know for sure, forgot all about them until this thread posted.

[Plymouthy Adams]

duty called and thus my chance to drive the Tiger around the track at INDY was a bust and instead was TDY to the middle east.  Can't win them all...!

[Ulu]

“TDY to the middle east.  Can't win them all...!”

Yeah, you got zonked. I never volunteered for any of that 3rd world fiasco. 

 

Anyhow, we have a lot of idiots with money, who will toss it at anything labeled antique or vintage.

 

You should see what $$$ someone recently paid for a fossilized t u r d. You could feed a Zoo!

Edited August 1, 2024 by Ulu

[Ulu]

We censored the word ****? What is this kindergarten?

Edited August 1, 2024 by Ulu