(This was a converted ’52 Granatelli car.) Installed in an Indy-type Kurtis 500 chassis, a Boeing engine developing 195 hp was the most serious turbine threat until 1966 (although the car was ...

The turbine cars that once ran at Indy carried the spirit of innovation. ... In the early days of the 500, experimental cars and technical advancements came hot and heavy.

He would get his Indy win in 1969, but with a more traditional car. None of the other turbine cars in 1968 even made the field—Shelby's duo was pulled rather than get caught cheating, as Wallis ...

In 1967, STP CEO Andy Granatelli outfitted his team's Indy 500 machine with a turbine engine taken from a helicopter, making it the first-ever turbine car to qualify for the race.

Back in the 1960s, Lotus experimented with a turbine engine to power its Indy 500 car, and it went pretty well. We've got all the details on this unique racer.

Just a couple of months after the 1967 Indy 500, the USAC desperately pushed through new regulations to effectively ban the engine technology, reducing the engine intake area 23.999 square inches ...

Six turbine-powered cars were entered for the 1968 Indy 500, even though the sanctioning body had reduced the allowable air inlet on turbine engines from 21.90 square inches to 15.99 square inches ...

Over the course of the Indy 500's history, several cars have employed a multi-seat design, ... With the raw muscle of an ST6 turbine, this rocket ride was certainly capable of some intense speed.

The following year, an STP-Lotus collaboration produced jet turbine cars for the Indy 500. Again the cars dominated—and failed within sight of the finish. In 1969, Granatelli won the 500 ...

Will the Indy 500 be ... INDIANAPOLIS — There’s nothing like the sound of an Indy car speeding down the famed main ... You think about how crazy it was for a turbine car to show ...

Six turbine-powered cars were entered for the 1968 Indy 500, even though the sanctioning body had reduced the allowable air inlet on turbine engines from 21.90 square inches to 15.99 square inches ...