Vanderbilt Cup Races

These are GREAT!!!  How different and complex each of these engines are - all trying to solve the same problem - Power & Speed!

One Frayer - Miller air cooled car exists. It is a touring car and used to appear regularly at the Franklin Club annual meets in Syracuse, NY back in the 1960s. It was a touring car and was well restored for that era ( 1960s) , the owner Lived in Valhalla, NY and it was later sold to the Harrah Collection. I remember riding around in it in downtown Syracuse! I am not sure if the car is still part of the Harrah collection, since they did have several auctions of cars after Bill Harrah passed away. Bill Harrah was a great guy and good friend and I still have some of the Christmas cards from him that we used to exchange every year.

Great photos of much technical interest. No cookie-cutter engines like in so much of today’s racing. They were proud of their achievements and not afraid to let others see what they had accomplished. Innovation in today’s racing engines has been stifled to a great extent by the rule-makers. One glaring exception is the push rod engine built for Indy by Rodger Penske. Even that one was the result of the rule-makers who quickly closed that loophole.

That #5 Maxwell engine has me sorely puzzled - EIGHT exceedingly-short cylinders in line!  Oversquare to the nth degree?  Can anyone tell me, or point me, to more, please?  Sam, III