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- Art Sparks Working on a Sparks-Thorne Six-Cylinder Engine Car at a Race, circa 1940 - Legendary race car builder Art Sparks started racing in the 1920s before working with Paul Weirick to become one of the most successful teams on the West Coast. After separating from Weirick, Art Sparks joined forces with multi-millionaire race fan, and eventual driver, Joel Thorne. The Sparks-Thorne team built the Big Six Cylinder engine used in top-rated cars at Indianapolis throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
- 1938-1946
- Collections - Artifact
Art Sparks Working on a Sparks-Thorne Six-Cylinder Engine Car at a Race, circa 1940
Legendary race car builder Art Sparks started racing in the 1920s before working with Paul Weirick to become one of the most successful teams on the West Coast. After separating from Weirick, Art Sparks joined forces with multi-millionaire race fan, and eventual driver, Joel Thorne. The Sparks-Thorne team built the Big Six Cylinder engine used in top-rated cars at Indianapolis throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
- Start of the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1937 - In 1937, the 25th running of the Indianapolis 500 saw 33 entrants and one of the closest margins of victory: 2.16 seconds for Wilbur Shaw. Note that these high-powered race cars still required a two-man team of a driver and a riding mechanic to keep the cars running at top speed.
- 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Start of the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1937
In 1937, the 25th running of the Indianapolis 500 saw 33 entrants and one of the closest margins of victory: 2.16 seconds for Wilbur Shaw. Note that these high-powered race cars still required a two-man team of a driver and a riding mechanic to keep the cars running at top speed.