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In 1945, at age 15, Ruttman entered his family's car into a roadster race held in San Bernardino, California, winning the event. [1] He won 19 of the 21 events staged there that season. [1] By 1947 he was the California Roadster Association (CRA) roadster champion. [1] He also won his first five midget car races that season.
Kurtis sold the midget car portion of the business to Johnny Pawl in the late 1950s, and the quarter midget business to Ralph Potter in 1962. Frank Kurtis was the first non-driver inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame (U.S.). Zeke Justice and Ed Justice of the Justice Brothers both worked at Kurtis-Kraft after World War II ...
Television portal; United States portal; Television series which originated in the United States in the decade 1930s. i.e. in the years 1930 to 1939.Television shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United States should be removed from this category and its sub-categories
A race organizer drops hints that his daughter's time will go to the winner. Speed Madness: 1925 The Checkered Flag: 1926 The Speed Classic: 1928 Speedway: 1929 Drama Silent film about a father and son in Indianapolis. Burning Up: 1930 Drama First talkie about auto racers. Speed: 1930 The Racing Strain: 1932 Drama A driver who drinks tries to ...
The Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen was an experimental, high-speed automobile produced in the late 1930s. The streamlined car was derived from the 1937 open-wheel race car Mercedes-Benz W125 Formel-Rennwagen, of which also a streamlined version was raced at the non-championship Avusrennen in Berlin.
The team behind 'The Cuphead Show!' explains how they crafted its 1930s-inspired animation in the digital age. Inside the 'daunting,' 'expensive' process that brought vintage cartoons to Netflix ...
Late in his career, Johnson frequently came to Indianapolis without an assigned car only to be signed on to a team which needed a driver to put a struggling car in the race. [1] In 1965, Johnson became the last person on the track in the Indianapolis 500 mile race with a naturally aspirated Offenhauser in a roadster.
The Mercedes-Benz T80 was a six-wheeled vehicle built by Mercedes-Benz, developed and designed by Ferdinand Porsche in the late 1930s. It was intended to break the world land speed record, but never made the attempt, due to the project having been overtaken by the outbreak of World War II.