In a message dated 11/8/05 1:30:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
FastmetalBDF@aol.com writes:
Wes .... In 1928 Frank Lockhart, the 1926 Indy 500 Winner, had a V16 engine
in his Stutz Blackhawk, and it only had a displacement of 182 CID ..... he
ran the
Measured Mile at Daytona Beach at 198.292 on one pass, and he was running
' well over 200 ' when he blew a rear tire, and tumbled down the course for
over a
thousand feet, killing him instantly .
This Lockhart Miller 16 was later placed in a Stevens INDY Car chassis and
started the 1939 race in 7th place, a rear axle bearing caused it to finish in
32nd, place. In 1940 it started 20 and finishes in 6th place,driven by West
Coast Midget chanpion Bob Swanson, no we were not related. The car ran in 1941
with Deacon Litz driving, finished 22nd. Then it was repainted as the Spike
Jones Special for the '46 500 with Sam Hanks driving, finished 31st. Today it
is
fully restored in the Spike Jones paint job and in the Indy 500 Museum. Bob
Swanson in connecticut
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