The #40 (Offy) car at Indy was almost certainly one of the Granatelli-Lotus 56s but I'm less certain about the #20 (Plymouth) car which may have been a second 1969 Gerhardt. The Parnelli story only became clear when the two #3 cars were included in the Parnelli auction some years ago. BTW, Parnelli also built a pair of replicas of his Lotus 56 and it was one of these "Parnelli-Lotus 56s" that Joe Leonard drove as the #3 car later in 1969. I've called these cars Granatelli-Lotus 56s in my records. It appears that the Lotus 56s didn't race again after the end of 1968 but Granatelli built a couple of replicas to race with orthodox engines in 1969. The #20 and #40 cars are harder as accounts differ and I think the truth may only have emerged when Doug Nye talked to Andy Granatelli when finalising the Lotus 56 histories for "Team Lotus". The #57 car was a new (69) Gerhardt with an Offy turbo. Don't even think about asking me about the dirt track car driver combinations.I ain't goin' there!!! lol) (If I left anyone out, I claim weariness as a defense. Oh.I almost forgot, George Follmer did a race or two also. Not even including the dirt track cars.(sheeesh).they used different combos: the aforementioned Hawk Ford for Mario different combinations, seemingly weekly, of Lotus and Gerhardt chassis and Plymouth and Offy engines for,(pheArt, Carl Williams, Greg Weld, Sam Posey, Joe leonard, and Jim Malloy. Mario Andretti was lucky to have the Hawk Ford all year (after the hub failure on the 4wd Lotus at Indy). Gbl - In '69, Andy Granatellis team used a plethora (well, almost anyway) of combinations of chassis, engines, and drivers with as many as four cars in a race at a time. Art drove the #40 Lotus Offenhauser from 12th on the grid to a lowly 31st, breaking on lap 7. Philippe - Not so.the #57 Gerhardt Pollard borrowed in practice did run the race driven by the assigned driver, Carl Williams, breaking on the 50th lap.
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