In his book Offenhauser, Gordon Eliot White covers the fifty plus year history of auto racing from the perspective of the engines built by Harry Miller, Offenhauser, Meyer & Drake, and Drake Engineering. It has not only the engines made for Championship racing including the Indianapolis 500 but also for midgets and ...
Harry Miller
Book Review: Offenhauser by Gordon Eliot White
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Book Review: The Marvelous Mechanical Designs of Harry A. Miller by Gordon Eliot White
January 5, 2024 by uvsw14Leave a comment
Die hard Indianapolis 500 fans will recognize the name of Harry Miller. Sad to say but when he died in 1943, his creativity and mechanical genius in creating an engine that dominated championship racing for more than fifty years had been forgotten. The Miller engine over the years became known ...
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The Golden Submarine
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Barney Oldfield was one of the preeminent race car drivers of the early era in auto racing. He set many speed records ranging from one mile to 100 miles including a 100 mph record for one lap (2.5 miles) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was so renown that through ...
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