TURBINE CAR
Entry For Hulme (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana). The New Zealanders, D. Hulme, the world road racing champion, and B. McLaren, have been named to drive two of four turbine cars entered in the fifty-second Indianopolis 500-mile car race on May 30. The Shelby Racing Comt>any, of California, entered the four-wheel-drive cars for the New Zealanders, plus a third without a driver. The cars will be powered by modified General Electric turbines with an inlet area of 15.92 sq. in.—barely under the new 15.999 limit.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31586, 25 January 1968, Page 9
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87TURBINE CAR Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31586, 25 January 1968, Page 9
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