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Trevis Indy Car, 1961. Floyd Trevis of Youngstown, Ohio was an American builder of racing cars and sprint cars. [1] Cars built by Trevis competed in FIA World Championship (Indy 500 only) and USAC events from 1951 to 1961. [1] [2] As a builder of sprint cars, Trevis provided the vehicles for a great number of champions.
Abraham Jacob Watson (May 8, 1924 – May 12, 2014) was an American race car builder and chief mechanic. [1] Competing from 1949 through 1984 in the Indianapolis 500, he won the race six times as a car builder. Rodger Ward won 18 races driving Watson cars.
After he was discharged from the service, sold his car and moved to Los Angeles, California. [4] Ruttman's winning Kuzma from the 1952 Indianapolis 500. In California he continued to build midget race cars. [4] He was hired by J. C. Agajanian to build the Agajanian Special, [4] which won the 1952 Indianapolis 500, driven by Troy Ruttman. [6] A. J.
Edmunds created the blueprints and did most of the fabrication work on the original Bill Thomas Cheetah prototype sports car racer. His chassis won several National Midget Championships in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [2] In the 1970s, Edmunds was a prolific constructor of Formula Super Vee cars. [3] He became a collector and restorer of old ...
East competed full-time in the USAC National Midget Series where he was the champion in 2004 driving the Steve Lewis Racing No. 9. The car's chassis was built by his father, Bob East, who is a renowned short-track car builder of midgets, sprints, and silver crown machines.
Sprint cars are open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval, circular dirt or paved tracks. Historically known simply as "big cars," distinguishing them from "midget cars," sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
A Miller carburetor The Miller eight cylinder racing engine The 1935 Miller IndyCar chassis was the first to use a Ford engine. Harold Arminius Miller (December 9, 1875 – May 3, 1943), commonly called Harry, was an American race car designer and builder who was most active in the 1920s and 1930s.
In 1961 he bought his first car for $500 and he made his debut at Capital Beach Speedway in Lincoln. By 1964 "Lil' Joe" was winning features in his own creations and by 1967 he was ready to dominate. During the winter Joe and master car builder Don Brown constructed the Mechanical Rabbit roadsterstyle sprint car.