RACED ON STOLEN SPRING
HOW DRIVER EARNED £96 Stated to be true, a good story is told by C. Miller, driver of the F ronty-Ford in the last Indianapolis 500-mile track race in America. Miller was intent on demonstrating that his car, built up of parts of a model T Ford with special engine head, etc., could average 100 m.p.h. during ihe contest. He put up an excellent ran for the first 92 laps, but when 'he pulled into the replenishment pit for carburetter adjustment, some members of the technical committee discovered that one of the front springs had broken close to the spring-eye, and refused to let Miller j .roceed unless the spring was replaced. Lacking a spare, Miller and his mechanic ran into the car parking area, found a model T Ford with no owner nearby, removed the spring, fitted it to their racing car and completed the race. The whole operation cost them 4] minutes. At the conclusion of the contest, the spring was removed and refitted to the “parked” Ford before the owner discovered what had happened. Miller certainly earned the £9G he won by finishing 13th.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1078, 16 September 1930, Page 6
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