Eldon Rasmussen

 From the December 1, 1965 Edmonton Journal.

 

1979 Indy 500, Alberta born drivers

 Cliff Hucul (born in Grande Prairie, AB) and Eldon Rasmussen (born in Standard, AB) race in the 1979 Indianapolis 500. From the May 28, 1979 Edmonton Journal.

2 Canadians in the 1977 Indianapolis 500

Cliff Hucul and Eldon Rasmussen raced in the 1977 Indianapolis 500.

Edmonton, 1961

Eldon Rasmussen grabs another checkered flag. From the June 15, 1961 Edmonton Journal.

the Rasmussen team fixing their car in 1961

From the June 6, 1961 Edmonton Journal.

another win for Eldon Rasmussen, 1961

From the May 23, 1961 Edmonton Journal.

1961, Eldon Rasmussen does well

From the May 18, 1961 Edmonton Journal.

Edmonton Gold Cup, 1964

Qualifying for the Gold Cup, 1964. From the August 26, 1964 Edmonton Journal. Eldon Rasmussen gets fast time, the time is questioned, then re-times at the same clocking as Billy Foster.

Edmonton, 1961

It was Eldon Rasmussen's birthday July 7th. So a couple 1961 stories involving him (and Norm Ellefson).

1964 Eldon Rasmussen profile

Again, from Racing Wheels.

1961 Copper Classic, Salt Lake City

Final results for the Copper Classic. Art Pollard won the two day event with Eldon Rasmussen second. The picture of Art (below) is from a couple years later.

Eldon Rasmussen, down in Salt Lake City, 1961

The Copper Cup was a big race at the Salt Lake City Fairgrounds for a number of years. By 1963 it was part of the CAMRA circuit. But even back in 1961 drivers were coming from far and wide to vie for the big prize money.

another collection of unused stuff

At least I hope they're unused. Eldon Rasmussen along with some west coast names. Billy Foster, in person, at the 1965 CAMRA race.

Eldon Rasmussen

Lots of extra clippings about Eldon Rasmussen, former CAMRA racer from Edmonton, Indy 500 racer and Canadian Motorsport Hall of Famer.

Saturday video

Tom Sneva from 1975. He got under Eldon Rasmussen of Edmonton and then Sneva ended up hard into the wall. Sir Jackie Stewart accesses no blame to either driver. Seems like a proper call from the video evidence. Tom was on the pole three times at Indy in his career and went on to win the Indy 500 in 1983. The "Gas Man".

some Edmonton leftovers

Time to use some stuff in the files:

Eldon Rasmussen

A racing historian had spoken with Eldon Rasmussen recently during the month of May at Indianapolis. Eldon, who got his start in Alberta has ended up at Indianapolis after making the move there in the mid-1960s. The historian wanted some background info on the "Hinton Hornet". So this is some of what I dug up from the files.

First, another recent article on Eldon.

And a couple things from the 1960s: