[Irish Rich]

I'm not too sure on this one.

The race he refers to was a boardtrack race on the 1 1/4 mile Los Angles Motor Speedway, in what is now Beverly Hills. It was on Thanksgiving Day, 1920.

The driver and mechanic that were killed were Eddie O'Donnell and Layll Jolls, who were both in a yellow Duesenburg, and Gaston Chevrolet, who was in a red Frontenac.

Green was a bad luck color in racing way before 1920. It comes from astrology, and the sign of Capricorn. One of the astrological traits of Capricorns is that people born under this sign are thought to be not as lucky in life as people born under other signs. There is also an old superstition that Capricorns are a "jinx" to be around, and that their "bad luck" will rub off on other people.

By coincidence, the astrological color Capricorns were given was........green.

 

[Irish Rich]

but what of the peanuts?

The superstition about eating peanuts comes from the fact that some people have a bad allergic skin reaction to them, and they become sick.

With peanuts, sometimes a person can eat them for years, and never have any ill effects, and then they react with them by mainly having the skin swell and itch, especially in the face area.

 

[Irish Rich]

i guess i am testing my luck. maybe its okay since i am irish? see pic in my intro post.

Nah, the Irish put the white over the green, to cancel out the hex.

Just like the yellow stripe over the British Racing Green.