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midget

ebay find of the day: 1935 Single Overhead Cam Offenhauser Midget Race Car

January 21, 2010

This might be one of the coolest cars ever to grace ebay! The only single overhead Offy ever built is in this midget, the Packard Bell Radio Special. It was raced from 1936 to the early 40’s by the likes of Bob Swanson, Louie Durant, Perry Grimm, Don Welsh, Mel Hansen, and Andy Guthrie. Rather [...]

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Vintage California racing caught on film

February 10, 2009

Fresh from the Savage Speed Garage comes this incredible video find. Vintage footage of car racing in California. Cool circle track model cars, midgets at Los Angeles Speedway and one in Roscoe, California and a bunch of great scenes from El Mirage. There is even some in car footage from a belly tanker.
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Celebrating 50 Years of Spridgets

February 27, 2007

The Austin Healey Sprite and MG Midget twins have long been known as Spridgets. From it’s beginning as the Bugeye (frogeye in the UK) in 1958 all the way until the rubber bumper cars of the Eighties, the Spridget has been a favourite of Brit car fans and road racers all over the world. Here [...]

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