Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Russo led the Indianapolis 500 for the first 21 laps. At that point, a tire blew in the south-west corner, throwing Russo and the Novi into the wall and out of the race. In 1957, a new sponsor financed two Novi-powered cars, now re-branded as the Automobile Air Conditioner specials. Driven by Russo and Tony Bettenhausen, both cars qualified ...
Weidely Motors Company was an early motor company based in Indianapolis, IN. Weidely started in 1915. [1] It made engines for Premier, Chalmers, Cletrac crawlers and Owen Magnetic cars. [2] They also made a V-12 engine for the 1917 Pathfinder and 1920 Heine-Velox, [2] as well as the 1916-1918 Austin, Hal and Kissel cars. [3]
One Model B was assembled by Premier in Indianapolis using parts from all four manufacturers to demonstrate that all parts were truly interchangeable. Premier also built 500 FWDs for the British Army in 1916. [4] In 1916, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, due to the war in Europe, asked Premier to enter racers for the Indianapolis 500. Three ...
Ilmor realized that this provided scope for a completely new pure-bred racing engine – it would need to retain pushrods, but could be designed specifically for the requirements of the Indianapolis 500, and in strict secrecy schemed a completely new V8 engine which was approximately 200 bhp (150 kW) more powerful than the Cosworth XB and Ilmor ...
James Allison was the owner of the Indianapolis Speedway Team Company, a race car business in Indianapolis, Indiana. While it was founded as the Indianapolis Speedway Team Company, its name changed numerous times, first to the Allison Speedway Team Company, then the Allison Experimental Company and last as the Allison Engineering Company before ...
Outlaw Late Models, NASCAR Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, Cyber Stocks(6 cyl. Front Wheel Drive) Kentucky Motor Speedway (short track) [22] Kentucky Whitesville: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval (asphalt) Sportsman Division, Super Streets, Pure Stock, Mini Modifieds, Mini Stocks, Stock cars, Scrappers and Figure 8s Kil-Kare Speedway [23] Ohio Xenia
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
The Ideal Motor Car Company, organized in June 1911 by Harry C. Stutz with his friend, Henry F Campbell, began building Stutz cars in Indianapolis in 1911. [2] They set this business up after a car built by Stutz in under five weeks and entered in the name of his Stutz Auto Parts Co. was placed 11th in the Indianapolis 500 earning it the slogan "the car that made good in a day".