Turbine-Powered Indy Car!

When I went to the Indy Hall of Fame yesterday, my camera battery died while I was only halfway through, so I went back early this morning to get shots of the cars I missed. I’ll get all my pics posted when I get back to CarDomain World Headquarters on Tuesday—sometimes even the wicked get to rest—but I thought this turbine-powered Indy car warranted it’s own blog post. With legendary driver Parnelli Jones behind the wheel, the STP Studebaker lead for 171 laps in the 1967 500, but a spun bearing in the gearbox caused it to lose steam just four laps from the checked. It was the first and last time a turbine-powered car completed in the race, as they were banned the following year. Two more pics after the jump.