Al Unser's 1987 Indy winner was fresh off a hotel lobby's floor ... If you’re familiar with the Indianapolis 500 at all you know that Al Unser Sr. became a surprise four-time winner in 1987. The bigger surprise though may have been that he did it in a car that weeks before had been on... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1971 PJ Colt, Joe Leonard
Replicarz goes bigger, produces winner with Joe Leonard's championship car ... Joe Leonard was a heck of a racer, on two wheels and four. He not only won three motorcycle championships, the hard-nosed driver also moved up to Indy cars and won the 1971 USAC championship running virtually the same car as his teammate, Al... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1970 Indy winner, Al Unser driver
Replicarz goes big with its 1/18 scale PJ Colt ... One of my favorite race cars, and that of many other youngsters in the 1970s was the PJ Colt that Al Unser drove to back-to-back Indianapolis 500 wins in 1970 and ’71. It was colorful and with its lightning bolts on the nose and tail the... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz 1970 and ’71 Indy 500 winners
Replicarz adds stunning 1:43 Unser Indy 500 winning Colts By 1971 Al Unser was no longer just Bobby Unser’s younger brother, he was a 2-time Indianapolis 500 winner, while Bobby had won just once. The decidedly quieter, more humble Al had wisely hooked up with Parnelli Jones’ team and had the dominant PJ Colt chassis... Continue Reading →
NEWS: Replicarz plans 1:43 Indy winners
1970-71 Al Unser cars coming soon, plus Blue Crown Specials I recently got a chance to see some pre-production photos of Replicarz’s latest Indy 500 die-cast models, these in 1:43 scale. So thought I'd share them with my die-hard die-cast fans. Replicarz, the Vermont-based die-cast model distributor has been cranking out beautiful 1:18 scale IndyCar... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz 1984 Indy 500 March racers
Sneva record setting pole car, Johncock STP March offer super detail The March chassis was dominant at the Indianapolis 500 in the early 1980s with track records falling regularly due to one guy in particular, Tom Sneva, the Gas Man. A March won the Indianapolis 500 from 1983 through 1987, Sneva giving March its first... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz plans more Indy racers
Replicarz announces Tom Sneva Indy 500 pole car from 1984 I know I’m prejudiced, but I love Indy cars. Born in Indy, have been going to races since 1962 … yikes I’m old! I mean real race cars don’t have roofs, right? Well, the folks at Replicarz in Vermont understand that and just keep the... Continue Reading →