Unlike other sports, such as
baseball and football, trading cards of Indy drivers are pretty scarce. From
1983-87, A&S Racing Collectables of Noblesville, Ind., filled the gap
nicely. Pictured is the Rick Mears card from the 1983 set, which I guess makes
this his “rookie” card.
These sets provide a nice walk down
memory lane because in addition to the top drivers of the day like Mears, Mario
Andretti, Gordon Johncock and so forth, there are cards of other drivers who
are barely remembered. Like Chip Mead – I think he had a car sponsored by White
Castle. And Hector Rebaque, who won his only race at Elkhart Lake when several
drivers either had to pit or ran out of fuel in the closing laps.
The cards were hard to come by –
they weren’t sold in packs like other sports. I have a vague recollection that Hardee’s
gave away individual cards during May with the purchase of a breakfast
sandwich.
The sets pop up on eBay quite a bit.
The first set tends to be the priciest, but sometimes you can find all five
sold together.
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