Equipment
Cosworth DFX V-8, 5-speed transaxle.
Condition
1986 Indianapolis 500 winner for Jim Trueman's Truesports team driven by Bobby Rahal. Fitted with the race-winning engine. One owner since the Truesports team. Unblemished paint, clean, orderly chassis and engine. Like new. Documented with Steve Horne's notes, a note from Enzo Ferrari congratulating Trueman on the Indy win and other paper attesting to its correct, race-winning configuration
Market commentary
RM set some sort of record here in Monterey last year when they sold Johnny Rutherford's 1974 Indy 500 winning March M16/Turbo Offy for $3,520,000, a number absolutely no one on the Peninsula saw coming, or could find any rational explanation for afterwards. Hope springs eternal, however, and this '86 Indy winner, with a popular driver in a memorable last lap dash to the finish line ahead of Kevin Cogan, attempted to attract lightning once again to the Portola Plaza, but it was not to be.