Indy Cars of the 1940s

Indy Cars of the 1940s
Author: Karl Ludvigsen
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-07-03
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781583881170

For the Old World caught up in the traumas of a bitter conflict, Americas Indianapolis 500-mile race was a New-World beacon of auto-racing speed and excitement during the 1940s. While racing stopped in Europe in 1939, the Indy 500 raced on in 1940 and 41, bringing victories in both years for Wilbur Shaws Maserati. Racing resumed in 1946 with Shaw in charge of the Speedway, now owned by Tony Hulman. The post-war fields were full of exotic machinery from Fageols twin-engined four-wheel-drive car and the front-drive Blue Crowns-1947-48-49 winners-to the rear-engined Tucker Millers and Rounds Rocket plus the imported 1939 Mercedes-Benz of Don Lee and numerous Alfa Romeos and Maseratis. The first Kurtis racers made their debut, as did the awesome Novi. The six-cylinder Thorne Special won in 1946 and Indys only six-wheeled car competed as well. This new Ludvigsen Library book brings to dramatic life the spectacle and excitement of the 1940-1949 era at the Speedway.

Indy Cars of the 1950s

Indy Cars of the 1950s
Author: Karl Ludvigsen
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-04-21
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781583880180

Journey into Gasoline Alley during one of the most evocative and exciting eras in the history of the great Speedway - the years of the Kurtis Roadsters, the lay-downs, the first Watsons, the formidable Novis, the V-12 Ferrari, the Bardahl-Ferrari, the Blue Crowns and the invincible Offys. Stunning photographs feature the cars, their engines, and their designs in amazing detail.

Indy Cars 1911-1939

Indy Cars 1911-1939
Author: Karl Ludvigsen
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-11-13
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781583881514

When a group of Indianapolis businessmen built a 2 1/2-mile track and decided to stage a 500-mile race in 1911 it was an epic undertaking with a huge purse for the times that drew racers from Europe as well as America. Delage, Peugeot, Ballot and Mercedes cars came to win dollars and inspire America's racing-car builders, Harry Miller and the Duesenberg brothers. Soon these native talents came to dominate the 500-mile race, introducing supercharging and front-wheel drive with great success in the 1920s and 16-cylinder engines in the 1930s. This new book in the Ludvigsen Library Series covers racers through the 1930s, completing the Series' sweeping panorama of the cars that raced in the ''500'' from 1911 to the end of the 1970s. Many rare photos from the earliest days of Indy bring the cars, engines and personalities of these pioneering years to life. The drama of their achievements made the Indianapolis 500 the world's greatest auto race.

Indy Cars

Indy Cars
Author: Wendy Hinote Lanier
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1489675272

Indy cars are built for racing. They are similar to Formula 1 cars, but run on oval tracks. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the best known of the oval tracks. Discover the history, design, and features of these impressive vehicles in Indy Cars, part of the Let’s Ride series.

Indy Cars

Indy Cars
Author: Thomas K. Adamson
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2019-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1618916572

Indy cars got their start on a car factory test track. That track went on to become one of the most famous racetracks in the world! Take in the long history of these open-wheel racers and much more in this title for striving readers.

Indy Race Cars

Indy Race Cars
Author: Janet Piehl
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0822565668

Describes Indy race cars and traces the history of the Indianapolis 500 race.

The World's Fastest Indy Cars

The World's Fastest Indy Cars
Author: Glen Bledsoe
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780736815017

Discusses the history and development of the race cars that have been used at the Indianapolis World Speedway from the early 1900s to the present.

The Last Great Miller

The Last Great Miller
Author: Griffith Borgeson
Publisher: SAE International
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2000-07-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0768038367

Utilizing an extraordinary historical archive, this book contains more than one hundred photos, as well as the text of over one hundred original letters (many written by Miller himself) about the car's development. The Last Great Miller brings to life the history of this unique model of race car.