The Offenhauser Sprint and Champ car engine was offset to the left to make the car turn naturally in that direction, and gearbox only needed two speeds due to the massive torque available low down, plus the car’s light weight." This 1960 example is typical of his racers, with a basic chassis with front/rear solid axles but torsion bar suspension that could be tweaked by the driver while going along. In 1954 Watson got his break with the John Zink Jnr team, and a year later his modified version of the Frank Kurtis-built roadster won the Indy 500. Watson’s history goes back to 1950 when, as a mechanic, he built his own car for the Indy 500 which Dick Rathmann drove. Watson dominated the manufacturing of the cars, at a time when Formula One machines were just starting to influence design. "Indy racing is part of the US culture, and in the early 1960s A.J.
Weight without driver and fuel: +-1600 lbs, 60% to the left.Speed: top 186 mph Texas (1963), end of Indy straights : 170 mph, Indy turns : +-140 mph.
With further support from ISI providing physics tweaks and tyres, Gasoline Alley should make a compelling addition to the base rF2 content. RFactor 2 modding duo Gilles Benoit and Bill Guillaume have released a new Third Party Affiliate (3PA) mod depicting the legendary 1960's era Indy Racing scene - entitled Gasoline Alley.Ĭreated by Gilles Benoit and Bill Guillaume with the help of former Indy driver Len Sutton and racing historian Gordon Eliot White, Gasoline Alley has been updated and improved from the original rFactor 1 version to reach the standards expected of 3PA content.
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