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The STP-Paxton Turbocar was an American racing car, designed by Ken Wallis as the STP entry in the Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones drove it in the 1967 event. After leading for much of the race, a transmission failure with only eight miles left ended the run.
14 cze 2016 · He would get his Indy win in 1969, but with a more traditional car. None of the other turbine cars in 1968 even made the field—Shelby's duo was pulled rather than get caught cheating, as...
The Lotus 56 was a gas turbine-powered four-wheel-driven racing car, designed by Maurice Philippe as Team Lotus's STP-backed entry in the 1968 Indianapolis 500. All three cars entered and retired from the race with Joe Leonard's car expiring while leading just eight laps from the finish.
The 51st International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, over two days, Tuesday May 30 and Wednesday May 31, 1967. The race was dominated by Parnelli Jones in the radically new, four-wheel drive STP-Paxton Turbocar gas turbine entered by prolific car owner Andy Granatelli.
15 cze 2016 · In 1962, Dan Gurney was briefly behind the wheel of a turbine car at Indy. In 1964, Donald Campbell set Australia's salt flats ablaze with a 403-mph run in the turboshaft-driven, land-speed...
12 maj 2024 · It was not until they built that enormous gas turbine Bluebird that it was beaten. And that was a huge effort compared to Cobb’s team. However, the car I have chosen is one I sat in: the Lotus 56 turbine that ran at Indianapolis in 1968. Patrick [Head] chose its predecessor, the ‘ 67 Paxton turbine.
12 maj 2024 · Powered by the STP gas turbine, the Lotus 56 was practically spaceage compared to the rest of the Indy 500 grid when it made its debut in 1968. That same turbine had been used to power the STP-Paxton turbine which came within laps of victory in 1967, but the Lotus version was a definite advancement.
