NASCAR allowed them because they were stock on a truck.. A sedan delivery was licensed in many states as a truck. Hence stock part. The “real” stock parts (pos) had a hard time holding up under the rigor of racing..funny that Chevrolet was the only one who needed to do this…
Almost... I don't know the details of how they worked, but these contraptions burned/cooked wood or coal to extract the volatile g***es, which were then used as fuel for the engine. They must have run like ****, but during WW II, anything was better than nothing. I hope someone on here knows more about them and can explain how and how well they worked.
Pat Flaherty was a "500" winner, got hurt, came back, had a couple of good runs, and ended up in this MRC / Peterson Spl. at Milwaukee in 1963. Later he owned a bar in Chicago and raced pigeons (and won). The following year, Chuck Arnold drove the car at Indianapolis missed the starting field.
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