no. 39 midget owned by joe shaheen owner of our once great track here springfield speedway . built in 1939 . v8 60 that reportedly makes 200 plus horsepower .............. DDRRROOOOOOOOLLLLL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



notice that the intake ports and exhaust ports have been swapped gents . read about it somewhere and 'sposed to be a lot more efficient .................

 

Very pretty! That's a huge amount of work to swap the ports. 200 HP seems a little exaggerated tho. Did you see this in person?

 

nope it sat in a basement from 51 or 56 till like 2006 when it was bought and restored . i was supposed to attend the track reunion last year and it was to be there but life got in the way . found these pics online looking for images and stories etc. relating to the now defunct track . still purty as hades . i founs some other pics of it online from back in the day when it and it's twins also owned by joe , number 29 , number 19 , and they weren't this pretty then Ross !!!!!!

 

heres a pic of all three

 

Wow those are something else. I bet it would be a blast to drive.
Scary as all get out if you got to speed though.

 

notice the lack of safety equipment and roll cages ........ It gives me new found respect for my Grandfather and all the old drivers ..... These were built and raced when men were men and the sheep were nervous !!!!

 

Pretty awesome little cars. I notice that someone had the wisdom to install a Fenner V-belt.

 

Must have a hell of a cam in it
TractormanBill