Bill Alsup Autograph
Bill Alsup (July 15, 1938 in Honolulu – August 9, 2016) was an American race car driver. He was the first Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) Rookie of the Year in 1979 and competed in the 1981 Indianapolis 500, finishing 11th. He made 57 CART & USAC Champ Car starts in his career. His best race finish of third came 3 times and he was the 1981 CART Championship runner-up, putting in a winless but consistent season for Penske Racing, his only effort with a top-level team. He returned to his own team the next year and struggled until leaving Champ Car following the 1984 Sanair Super Speedway race. More about Bill Alsup
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Alsup made his CART debut at the Arizona Republic/Jimmy Bryan 150 at Phoenix International Raceway driving the #41 WASP Racing Mclaren-Offenhauser for WASP Racing starting twenty fourth (last) and finishing eleventh. He attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, first driving the #67 WASP Racing McLaren-Offenhauser, but the car was not fast enough to make a qualifying run. He then attempted the #19 Sta-On Eagle 74-Offenhauser for Gehlhausen Racing but the engine failed. The final car he attempted to qualify was the #68 CAM 2 Motor Oil Penske PC7-Cosworth DFX for Team Penske. He qualified for the race but USAC officials ruled that the car used the engine from Penske teammate Bobby Unser's car and Alsup was disqualified.
He drove the remainder of the CART season for WASP Racing. He had a best finish of ninth in the second heat of the Trenton Indy at Trenton Speedway, the Kent Oil 150 at Watkins Glen International, the first heat of the Norton Twin 125s and the Gould Grand Prix, the latter two at Michigan International Speedway, and finished the season fifteenth in points to win the first CART Rookie of the Year Award.
In 1980 Alsup purchased the inventory of WASP Racing and started his own team called Alsup Racing, Alsup driving the #41 Polaroid Time Zero Penske PC7-Cosworth DFX. He started the season by finishing sixth in the season opening Dastun Twin 200 at Ontario Motor Speedway. He failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, rebounded to finish third at the Red Roof Inns 150 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and finished the season seventh in points, earning him the CART Most Improved Driver Award. Read even more about Bill Alsup at Wikipedia
In 1980 Alsup purchased the inventory of WASP Racing and started his own team called Alsup Racing, Alsup driving the #41 Polaroid Time Zero Penske PC7-Cosworth DFX. He started the season by finishing sixth in the season opening Dastun Twin 200 at Ontario Motor Speedway. He failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, rebounded to finish third at the Red Roof Inns 150 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and finished the season seventh in points, earning him the CART Most Improved Driver Award. Read even more about Bill Alsup at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Bill Alsup
The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Alsup (Bill Alsup autographed 1981 Indy 500 8x10 photo) was sold in April 2017 for $22.06 while the cheapest item (PPG INDY Racing Trading Card ~ AUTOGRAPHED - THE LATE BILL ALSUP) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2017. The month with the most items sold (2) was February 2012 with an average selling price of $11.94 for an autographed item of Bill Alsup. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2017 with $22.06 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was December 2017. In average, an autographed item from Bill Alsup is worth $6.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bill Alsup were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Authentic Autographed Bill Alsup 8x10 Indianapolis Indy 500 Photo | $14.50 | |
| Authentic Autographed Bill Alsup 8x10 Indianapolis Indy 500 Photo | $12.57 | |
| Authentic Autographed Bill Alsup 8x10 Indy 500 Photo | $4.99 | |
| Authentic Autographed Bill Alsup 8x10 Indy 500 Signed Photo | $11.50 | |
| Autographed Bill Alsup CART IndyCar Racing Photograph | $4.99 | |
| Autographed Bill Alsup IndyCar Racing Photograph | $4.99 | |
| Autographed Bill Alsup IndyCar Racing Photograph | $4.99 | |
| Bill Alsup autographed 1981 Indy 500 8x10 photo | $18.99 | |
| Bill Alsup autographed 1981 Indy 500 8x10 photo | $22.06 | |
| IndyCar Driver Bill Alsup Signature & 8x10 Photo $6.99 Signature Sale!!!! | $6.99 | |
| PPG INDY 500 Trading Card AUTOGRAPHED Hand Signed The Late BILL ALSUP | $2.99 | |
| PPG INDY Car Trading Card ~ AUTOGRAPHED - The Late BILL ALSUP | $0.99 | |
| PPG INDY Racing Trading Card ~ AUTOGRAPHED - THE LATE BILL ALSUP | $0.99 | |
| PPG Indy Trading Card ~ AUTOGRAPHED ~ Indy Racer The Late BILL ALSUP | $1.04 | |
| PPG INDY Trading Card ~ AUTOGRAPHED ~ The Late BILL ALSUP | $1.30 | |