Pots 'N' Pans II (article about PDM somehow getting into the show)

[rustyfan]

Another great article off the IndyStar.com website, this time about PDM Racing and their massive effort of rebuilding the car Medeiros wrecked during practice and qualifying for the Indy 500.

By Friday early evening, PDM had a tub, completely stripped. Then one of the mechanics, Tom Johannson, did the kind of magic David Blaine could never conceive, taking three crashed gearboxes and turning them into one that was worthy of a high-performance race car. Let's see them do that at Jiffy Lube.

This group did two weeks' worth of work in less than three days. And nobody asked for overtime. Or a nap.

"We had pieces from 15 different cars,'' Medeiros said.

Building one working gearbox out of parts from three crashed ones alone has made me decide to cheer a little extra for PDM on Sunday, and I think this story, now knowing what they went through to get that car into the show, is one of the really great stories from the Month of May this year

Full story: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl.../1052/SPORTS01

[Down F0rce]

Fantastic article Pots N Pans II is quite an achivement, and a true thing of beauty! I don't know if I'll get to watch the big race on Sunday, but I'll be hoping PDM do well

[Tim Northcutt]

I hope that PDM "doesn't" paint it....

I enjoyed that story yesterday.

[skycafe]

Great stuff! Harkens back to the days of flat tow trailers, hand painting the car's numbers and odd localized sponsors in it for the sport of it.

[BootsOntheSide]

Quite an amazing story, probably harks back to the olden days of Indy. It's especially apt as it was Roth they squeezed out. Commitment and determination beating a rich guy's hobby.

[skycafe]

Ah nuts, they apparently spiffed it up with fresh paint to make their sponsors happy.