The Blakely Special #52 was at the Desert Classic Concours d'Elegance

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the Steffen Offy was at the Desert Classic Concours

above from Google books, 

Offenhauser

 By Gordon Eliot White

The Vintage Racer.com has a photo from 1949, but it is the #8, and it's on the far right, in the back

http://www.thevintageracer.com/reading/reading49.htm

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Auto Enthusiast March 2012 has an article on the Justice Brothers Racing Cars musuem, and the Smith Master Valve Special...

 I learned that the above, a Sprint Car built in the very early 1930's was only raced once, at 100mph for 35 miles, and then sat in a San Antonio garage for 51 years. That is a terribly sad story.

The engine is a 1928 Chevy, but the head is a patented Rotary Valve piece, and that is remarkable. More jaw dropping is that it was made by a guy who got only to 5th grade in school.

the Firestone balloon tires have no tread.

images from http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/1002_justice_brothers_racing_museum/photo_07.html

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Gassers and dragsters special exhibit at the GNRS

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999

1953 William Clay Ford driving the 999 in Dearborn Michigan

Found on the HAMB

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Rene Ortega in Mexico has a marvelous gallery of Carrera Panamerica photos of cool cars

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranachilanga/

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