Boattail Racer

Built by Myron Stevens in 1934 for Art Sparks and Paul Weirick, this car first won the famous Mines Field Race at Los Angeles Airport that December. In the 1935 and 1936 Indianapolis 500, Rex Mays piloted the car as the Gilmore Special, starting both races in pole position. The special has what is essentially the last engine built by Harry Miller, one of four similar engines that formed the basis for the first Offenhauser engine in 1937. This car raced at Indianapolis every year from 1934 to 1948. In 1973 the car was discovered in Tennessee by Bob Tarwacki and its current owner acquired it in 1999. It has been restored to its most important configuration - from 1935 when it won the Pacific Coast AAA Championship. The original engine is no longer operable and the car now has a new block cast from the original and built with mostly original components, but the body and frame are original.