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Rear View: 1967's STP Paxton-Turbocar
Page 1 of 2 It's the Indy 500's defining car. Radical, mind-bending creations came before 1967's STP Paxton-Turbocar and a few have followed since, but nothing has come close to matching the engineering insanity or the undying interest brought by Andy Granatelli's dayglo orange machines. Penned by Ken Wallis, the car – known simply as the "Turbine" – attempted to assemble every radical Indy 500 concept at once in a single vehicle. Crafted with a chassis that used a central spine, its drivers, Parnelli Jones (pictured below) and Joe Leonard, would sit on the right of the backbone. On their left, a Pratt & Whitney helicopter turbine engine. At the front of the chassis, the...
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