I took this photograph during
practice for the Hawthorn Trophy Race for Post-War Racing Cars at the Vintage
Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2019.
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It's the 1957 Kurtis KK500G
Offenhauser of Stuart Harper, which was shown in the programme of the event as
a 4.2 litre Kurtis Indy Roadster. This is the car that Ray Crawford took to the
Indianapolis 500 race in 1957 and 1958 as the Meguiar Mirror Glaze Special, but
failed both times to qualify for the race. Ray Crawford took part in the Race
of Two Worlds round the banked oval at Monza with the car in both 1957 and
1958, one-sided exhibition events that pitted American Indianapolis cars
against a motley collection of European cars. The race in both years consisted
of three heats with the winner being the best car over the three races. In 1957
Ray Crawford's results in the heats were seventh, fourth and retired, and in
1958 tenth, eighth and fourth.
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