Forsythe Racing Stable????

[cart7]

Was running a service call in of all places, Marshall, Illinois, about 15 miles west of Terre Haute off of I-70. Started pulling into town when I glanced over at an abandoned Chrysler dealership and some familiar blue and white in the window caught my eye. After the call, on the way back home, I stopped and......

WTF!! :cool:

In the window, Gregs '97 Milw mile winner

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/cart7/Greg97Milwmilewin_zpsaf77bb14.jpg

PT's
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/cart7/PaulTracy_zps137769da.jpg

TK's

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/cart7/TK_zps64a234b5.jpg

DP01 rollers in the background, no livery

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/cart7/DP01_zps9ae4e999.jpg

Mears and Uncle Bobby's PC's

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/cart7/PCsMearsUnser_zps0dc42b36.jpg

Atlantics cars in the row with the DP01's. Appear to be Reynard rollers, no livery between the PC's and the roadsters at the end of the row.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/cart7/Atlantics_zps3da9b7dc.jpg

The other side of the showroom had some 20's antique cars and a few muscle cars. It was way to dark to make out much on that side or take pictures. I didn't go around back to see if there was anything in the service bays.

I know Forsythe was born and raised in Marshall and still has a Massive cattle ranch just north of town.

Anybody have an idea who's cars these might be? It appears it will be/was sort of a museum. The doors had closed signs taped to them.

[Gnam]

Holy moly. I demand admittance.

[Elmo T]

Very cool. And ghost car in #3 photo.

Sad seeing those DP01's there - perhaps not perfect but compared to the current sled...

[cart7]

...And ghost car in #3 photo.
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The long rumored but never realized Hyundai factory effort.

:gomer:

[devilmaster]

lol... thats funny. :rofl:

the bc sports hall of fame I went to said that their car was also the 97 Milwaukee Winner... So who's lying? ;)

Beautiful collection....

[nrc]

Amazing find. Gotta be Gerry's secret stash - poised and ready to pick up the pieces when everything finally collapses. Was the parking lot big enough for a street race?

[cart7]

That's been confirmed as Gerry's collection though it seemed obvious.

The roadster to the right in pix #4 apparently used to sit in Forsythe's Indy shop. The other roadster (Bowes Seal Fast) has been confirmed to be a reproduction built for Forsythe.

[SteveH]

At one time the McDonalds car sat in the Indeck building in Buffalo Grove IL. Geez, that might have been 1999 or there about. I was at Gerry's bank, American Enterprise Bank that was on the first floor. American Enterprise eventually was a sponsor in the last days of Champ Car. I think it appeared on the back side if the rear wing.