After serving four years in the South Pacific during WWII, Jack McAfee returned to the dry lakes in 1947 driving a sprint car he purchased from 12 time Indy 500 participant Babe Stapp, and clocked 122.95 on El Mirage. Because the sprint car was cl***ified as a streamliner, it competed directly with the V8 belly-tank "lakesters" which were far more powerful and streamlined. Wanting to gain points for the Throttlers, McAfee switched to a different engine cl*** using a highly modified Studebaker "Champion" straight six motor. The combination was effective and earned him the high points award in 1952.
September 1945 - Christening of the SS Brainerd Victory. She was later sold for private use and renamed the SS P&T Voyager and later the SS Smith Voyager. In 1964 she sank while being towed to be refurbished.
Thinking back to this statement of one chain for steering and one chain to drive, I must ***ume the rear axles of those old vehicles were solid axles. Not spider gear setups that would allow tire with least traction to spin.
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