Product code: Selling Hot Wheels Redline Shelby Turbine
Owned by me since 1969 The Shelby Turbine was one of four open-wheel Indy cars released in 1969 as part of the new Grand Prix Series. The Shelby Turbine is a replica of an actual turbine powered Indy race car. During the winter of 1966-67, the Granatelli brothers' STP team built a radical new race car powered by a turbine engine. At the time, such an engine was allowed under USAC rules. Parnelli Jones, 1963 Indianapolis 500 champion, was hired to drive the car. In the 1967 Indianapolis 500, Jones led 171 laps, but a $6 bearing burned out on lap 197. The STP Turbine, referred to by some as the "pregnant guppy" might have been what the Mattel designer had in mind. For 1968, the Granatellis turned to selling Lotus for another try with turbine engines.
Owned by me since 1969 The Shelby Turbine was one of four open-wheel Indy cars released in 1969 as part of the new Grand Prix Series. The Shelby Turbine is a replica of an actual turbine powered Indy race car. During the winter of 1966-67, the Granatelli brothers' STP team built a radical new race car powered by a turbine engine. At the time, such an engine was allowed under USAC rules. Parnelli Jones, 1963 Indianapolis 500 champion, was hired to drive the car. In the 1967 Indianapolis 500, Jones led 171 laps, but a $6 bearing burned out on lap 197. The STP Turbine, referred to by some as the "pregnant guppy" might have been what the Mattel designer had in mind. For 1968, the Granatellis turned to selling Lotus for another try with turbine engines.