Larry Rice (24 March 1946 – 20 May 2009) was an American racing driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.[1] He was the 1973 USAC National midget driver's champion[2] and won the USAC Silver Crown series in 1977 and 1981.[3] He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1993.[2]
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Racing career [link]
Larry's father Bob got him started in racing. Bob purchased Larry's first race car, a Kurtis Craft Half Midget from Bob Cunningham in Covington, Indiana prior to turning twelve years old. Larry went to Modified Midget racing at the Logansport, Indiana track from 1965-1967. While in modified midget racing Larry and his father introduced the first car with a suspension system in this type of racing. It was made by Kurtis out of Indianapolis, Indiana. Eventually all cars would have suspension systems on them.
Larry graduated from college with a teaching degree. He taught school briefly while racing the modified midget racing circuit. He was fondly known as "The Flying School Teacher" due to his ability to win races.
Larry's father Bob worked as a pit crew member for various race teams at the Indianapolis 500 in the 1970s.
Open wheel career [link]
Rice had a major win when he won the 1970 Hut Hundred. Rice finished third in 1972 USAC National Midget championship, helping his team (Shannon Brothers) win the owner's championship.[2] Rice followed up by winning the 1973 USAC National midget driver's championship himself.[2] Rice was also the 1977 and 1981 USAC Silver Crown Series champion. He won the Silver Crown and sprint car portions of the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway in 1985. He won his second Silver Crown portion at Eldora in 1987.
Championship car career [link]
He raced in 5 seasons (1974, and 1978-1979, and 1981), with 9 combined career starts, including the 1978 and 1979 Indianapolis 500 and finished in the top ten 3 times. He was co-named the 1978 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, along with Rick Mears, for his 11th place finish.
Announcing career [link]
After he stopped racing in 1991, he became the color analyst on ESPN's Saturday Night Thunder program.[2] The program featured midget, sprint, and Silver Crown racing. He also worked as ESPN's regular analyst on IRL races.
Rice later worked for K&K Insurance, specialising in motorsport insurance, and later formed his own insurance organisation, Short Track Independent Drivers and Associates, underwritten by Nationwide Insurance, with his son Robbie, who operates the racing insurance organisation today.
Rice died from lung cancer on 20 May 2009.[4]
Indy 500 results [link]
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
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| 1978 | Lightning | Offenhauser | 30th | 11th |
| 1979 | Lightning | Offenhauser | 23rd | 19th |
References [link]
- ^ Miller, Robin (May 20, 2009). "Miller: Saying Goodbye To Larry Rice". SpeedTV.com. Speed Channel. Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. https://www.webcitation.org/5gwKzjE5B. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e "Larry Rice". National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. https://www.webcitation.org/5gwLW1B3j. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
- ^ "Larry Rice, 63". USACRacing.com. USAC. May 21, 2009. Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. https://www.webcitation.org/5gx1DZkGt. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
- ^ Associated Press (May 21, 2009). "Former Indy driver, broadcaster Larry Rice dies at 63". USAToday.com. USA Today. Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. https://www.webcitation.org/5gx1YQrDo. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
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Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly may refer to:
Pretty Polly (play)
Pretty Polly is a one-act playlet by Basil Hood, with music composed by François Cellier. The ten-minute long piece concerns the difficulties of a shy fellow who tries to use a talking parrot as a matrimonial agent.
The piece was first produced at the Theatre Royal, Colchester, 26 April 1900, and then at the Savoy Theatre, from 19 May 1900 to 28 June 1900 as a companion piece to Hood and Sir Arthur Sullivan's The Rose of Persia, a run of 26 performances. It then played from 8 December 1900 to 20 April 1901, together with the first revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1881 hit, Patience, a run of 102 performances.
No printed libretto or vocal score is found in British Library, although the license copy of the libretto is there. The music appears to have been added for the Savoy Theatre production, as it is not indicated in the license copy.
Background
When the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership disbanded after the production of The Gondoliers in 1889, impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte filled the Savoy Theatre with a combination of new works (several of which were composed by Arthur Sullivan) and revivals of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers.W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers:
Pretty Polly (film)
Pretty Polly, also known as A Matter of Innocence, is a 1967 British film, directed by Guy Green and based on the short story, Pretty Polly Barlow, by Noël Coward. It stars Hayley Mills, Shashi Kapoor, Trevor Howard, and Brenda De Banzie. The film is largely set in Singapore.
Plot
Miss Polly Barlow (Hayley Mills) decides to leave England and "spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion." While in Singapore, the sudden demise of her aunt (Brenda De Banzie) "leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arms length romance with a local" Indian Singaporean tour guide, Amaz (Shashi Kapoor). "Tender, fun loving, and poetic representation of that transition from youth to young womanhood."
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Larry Rice
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- If You Only Knew: The Best of Larry Rice released: 2014
Died: 2006-05-13
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Only Passing Through
by: Larry RiceWooden porches on rundown houses
Mildewed sofas and grown-up yards
Driving past them I am reminded
Of where we come from and where we are
We are only passing through
Like it's all we have to do
And for all it means to me and you
We are only passing through
Up on Wall Street, they shape the curve (or curb)
By what we have and what we deserve
And I don't buy it and they don't care
I can't say which of us is most aware
We are only passing through
Like it's all we have to do
And for all it means to me and you
We are only passing through
Worse case scenario the world just keeps on turning
Best case scenario pretty much the same
And all that seems to matter
Is the scramble for the credit
And the blame
Big old houses and tall white columns
Iron gates to keep what's bad outside
Driving past 'em I am reminded
The price we pay just to enjoy the drive
We are only passing through
Like it's all we have to do
And for all it means to me and you
We are only passing through
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
We are only passing through
Like it's all we have to do
And for all it means to me and you
We are only passing through
We are only passing through
We are only passing through