Indy Cummins

[BIGNASTY]

Indy Cummins

 

[Blu-meanie]

I wonder if it "smoked" the competition.

 

[MLee]

After a few races wasn't it outlawed in the racing circuit? Its speed was terrific and the mileage was very good compared to the gas driven cars.

 

[BIGNASTY]

After a few races wasn't it outlawed in the racing circuit? Its speed was terrific and the mileage was very good compared to the gas driven cars.

Mr. MLee I should have taken time to read the poster board explaining things about the car, as it was I hobbling as fast as I could to get to the departure gate on time. Flying has become such a PITA, which involves stripping down to flip flops, shorts & a T shirt to make the open cavity body search a little less revealing. Heaven forbid that you have a fake leg that needs to be explained, they actually made me remove it to see if it was real :-laf when I told them that I had it on my " Short Leg" the only one that understood the humor was a Korean Vet with his ball cap on.


I did manage to get to the Indy Speedway museum a Must see even if you don't care for circle track racing.

 

[chipster]

Indy Cummins

Big, my uncle,Jimmy Jackson, drove that car in the 1950 indy 500. it has a supercharger driven off the front of the crankshaft. that drive coupling broke about 50 laps into the race and did not finish the race. Cummins cast the block and head in aluminum and magnesium. it also had 2 injectors per cylinder. after the race they repaired the drive coupling and took the car to Bonyville salt flats and set the diesel speed record of 168 MPH ( as I recollect). my uncle had some BALLS, can you imagine going that fast with NO roll bar, roll cage, or seat belt ????? I think he had a leather football helmet. I think that record stood until the early 1970`s.In the second rendition of Cummins indy car, they laid the engine on its side and used a turbo charger instead of the super charger. the car was wider and lower than other race cars. it sat on the pole in its first race ( my uncle was not driving this car) and was kicking butt and taking names until the turbo inlet (witch was on the bottom side of the engine) got plugged up with rubber from the track, and it too did not finish the race. Cummins decided not to run the Indy 500 after that.