Hot Rods and Racing Cars #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeAn anthology issue featuring multiple racing stories. "The Hot Rod Express" follows Don, a hot rod enthusiast whose reckless driving concerns his girlfriend Alice until a dangerous accident on railroad tracks forces him to reconsider his ways; the railroad subsequently hires him to build a replica hot rod called "The Hot Rod Express." A second story chronicles Wilbur Shaw's racing career, including his 1921 Hoosier Motor Speedway race, his first Indianapolis 500 attempt in a Lynx Special in 1927 where he averaged 95.11 mph, and his later achievement of the National AAA dirt track championship. The issue also covers Cunningham's 1951 Le Mans racing efforts, where the team entered three cars and achieved multiple finishes despite challenging rain conditions.
Speed Davis and his friend Joe take a hot rod out for a test drive on the lake flats, but when they discover the dam is about to fail from the heavy rains, they face an impossible choice: race against a wall of water to warn the valley below before the phones can be restored. With a damaged frame and a collapsing bridge standing between them and their destination, Speed must push the rod—and himself—to the limit to get word out in time.
Jimmy Mullane gets a front-row seat to the fastest Indianapolis 500 yet, watching the qualifying trials and the race itself unfold at record-breaking speeds on May 30th, 1952. With machinery pushed to their limits and drivers like Vukovich and Ruttman locked in a furious battle for the lead, Jimmy witnesses the thrills and heartbreaks that make the Speedway legendary—including one driver's dramatic late-race gamble that changes everything. It's a story that reminds us that luck and skill both matter when the stakes are this high.
Wilbur Shaw dreamed of racing cars from his teens, building his own machines from salvaged parts and scraps. His relentless drive eventually carried him to Indianapolis, where he competed in the 500-mile race multiple times, becoming one of the handful of drivers to win the speedway's trophy three times and nearly achieving an unprecedented fourth victory. Now as president of the speedway itself, Shaw oversees the very track where his own racing legacy was forged and new champions continue to emerge.
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