The Novi was ahead of its time in many ways. Ed and Bud Winfield designed and built a 181-cubic-inch supercharged V8 engine in 1938, and it was then arguably the most advanced piston engine in the world. The double-overhead-cam V8 with a bigger bore and a shorter stroke made its first appearance in the 1941 Indy 500 when Ralph Hepburn drove the Bowes Seal Fast Special to a four-place finish. The Novi V8s were the only engines for a time that could possibly break the Offenhauser engine stranglehold on Indy. Even though the last Novi Special raced in 1965, the name continued to be associated with speed and power.

This vehicle is a KK500K Novi Hotel Tropicana Las Vegas Special Roadster.