Offenhauser The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who Built It

White, Eliot Gordon

ISBN 10: 0879388838 / ISBN 13: 9780879388836

Published by Motorbooks International Publishers 1996, 1996

About this Item

Covers all the major variants and successes of this classic powerplant from it's beginnings on board tracks to dirt tracks and from Sprint cars to Champ cars with everything in between. With d/j. Copy has previous owner stamp on inside cover. Signed by author. With d/j Illustrated by: .

Seller Inventory # AM666

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Offenhauser The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who Built It
• Publisher: Motorbooks International Publishers 1996
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879388838
• ISBN 13: 9780879388836
• Binding: Hardbound
• Condition: Fine(1)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Racing

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Synopsis

The fabulous history of Offenhauser, the most successful builder of Indy car racing engines from the mid-30s to the mid-70s. In the 1950 Indy 500, the first 30 cars were all powered by Offenhauser engines, and by 1954, every car that finished was powered by an "Offy". The full history of how Harry Miller's shop foreman, Fred Offenhauser, refined the legendary Miller twin-cam four-cylinder race engines, and highlights of their unparalleled dominance in oval-track, sprint-car and Pike's Peak racing. Contains photographs of all the great Offenhauser-powered race cars.