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year, and it wasn't engine failure that Offenhausers or Fords or something else provements going to be made on them,
knocked the others out. are the best way to power them, but that's I'm sure. I don't know whether we'll
"The way rear-engine cars are de- something we'll have to find out. It's redesign the car we didn't run this year
signed, the drivers have to be flanked by not improbable that we will have rear- or build a new one entirely, but I do
twin fuel-tanks. I know some of the boys engine sprint and midget cars before know there are a lot of things we want
feel this isn't safe, and this is a factor long, too. to try We'll probably experiment with
But it may be that we can build these "The fact is, these rear-engine cars the car we have on some other paved
tanks stronger or with fire walls. And it are still new to Indianapolis and to our tracks.
"I don't know how Jones or Foyt
may be that if we eliminate gasoline, we race tracks. We've been learning a lot eventually will feel, I don't know if Jones •
eliminate the real risk. I don't know if about them and there are a lot of im-

COUSIN CONNIE, a soap-box derby champion, gets a look
at one of Aggie's earliest cars-a sprinter circa 1940.

A JUBILANT Aggie welcomes '50 Indianapolis
pole-winner, record-setter Walt Faulkner.

REX MAYS, Aggie, Clay Smith and Johnny Mantz
(left to right) look over a new car in '48.

HAPPY CHORE for Aggie is flagging Mobil runs.

WINNER'S CIRCLE in '52 for Aggie and driver Troy Ruttman.

SMITH AND Aggie provided Freddie Agabashian THE GREAT Bill Vukovich drove one of Aggie's
with car for his Sacramento win in 1949 race. cars in '52, in Denver race J. C. promoted.