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.
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Readable, serious history of an auto racing icon,
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This review is from: Offenhauser: The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who Built It (Hardcover)
Offenhauser tells the story of the engine that dominated American Championship, sprint and midget and even sports car racing for nearly a half-century. It is surprising that such a book was not written long ago, but the author has done an amazing job of research into racing's past. He tells both the human story of the men who built the Offy - Miller, Goossen, Sobraske, Meyer, Drake and Fred Offenhauser himself, and the technical and political story of the old four-banger's rise to victory at Indianapolis, its long domination there, its fall in 1965, rebirth with turbocharging and final demise in the 1980s. The collection of photographs is amazing - many I never saw before as well as those of well-known drivers such as Foyt who drove Offenhauser-powered cars. Anyone remotely interested in auto racing should definitely have this book.
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Really amazing book,
By goodoldmac "goodoldmac" (Charlotte, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Offenhauser: The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who Built It (Hardcover)
The Offenhauser is arguably the most successful racing engine ever designed, and this book traces its earliest incarnation (when it was the "Miller") to the last turbo-charged days...Inbetween it powered an staggering number of conseutive Indy 500 winners, plus AAA/USCA sprint and midget champions, not to mention IMCA and amazingly even some road racing wins (not to mention possibly the least succesful grand prix car of all time, the Scarab) The "techie" will find loads of specs, cross-sections, and line drawings, the vintage race fans plenty of photos of the cars of the era. (Note to the author: a larger color section in the next edition please.)A really great addition to those of us interested in the history of auto racing....
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Offenhauser,
By Steve Carter (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Offenhauser: The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who Built It (Hardcover)
I have just finished Gordon White's book on Offenhauser Racing Products, and fascinating is a word that comes to mind to describe the effort. Idid not attend the Indy 500 until 1994 and missed all those wonderful years when the Miller/Goosen/Offenhauser engines dominated the race. I was lucky enough to attend several years of Championship Car races at the old Sacramento Fairgrounds and witnessed the Offy in action. Gordon has done a fine job bringing back some of those memories, and making a strong case in my view that these individuals were American heroes! If you are at all interested in things mechanical, this is a must read!
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THE ENGINES THAT BECAME THE OFFENHAUSER WERE BORN ORIGINALLY IN the fertile mind of Harry Miller, their design polished, refined, and committed to drafting cloth by Leo Goossen, and turned into objects of steel, bronze, and aluminum by skilled machinists like Walt Sobraske and Fred Offenhauser himself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, World War, Fred Offenhauser, Leo Goossen, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Bruce Craig, Gloria Madsen, Kenneth Walton, Spl Offy, Frank Kurtis, John Drake, Harry Miller, Mark Dees, Wilbur Shaw, Dale Drake, Del Roy, New York, Grand Prix, Ted Horn, Art Sparks, Offy Eastern, Drake Engineering, United States, Gordon Schroeder, Lou Meyer New!
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THE ENGINES THAT BECAME THE OFFENHAUSER WERE BORN ORIGINALLY IN the fertile mind of Harry Miller, their design polished, refined, and committed to drafting cloth by Leo Goossen, and turned into objects of steel, bronze, and aluminum by skilled machinists like Walt Sobraske and Fred Offenhauser himself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, World War, Fred Offenhauser, Leo Goossen, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Bruce Craig, Gloria Madsen, Kenneth Walton, Spl Offy, Frank Kurtis, John Drake, Harry Miller, Mark Dees, Wilbur Shaw, Dale Drake, Del Roy, New York, Grand Prix, Ted Horn, Art Sparks, Offy Eastern, Drake Engineering, United States, Gordon Schroeder, Lou Meyer New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- First Fifty Years by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- Prepare to Win by Carroll Smith in Back Matter
- Racing Car (Slide Along the Slot Books) by Helen Stephens in Back Matter
- The Unfair Advantage - Special Edition Hardcover by Mark Donohue in Back Matter
- Design & Development of the INDY CAR by Roger Huntington in Back Matter
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