Stapp-Chevrolet Sprint Car, 1973
date: label: date made
content: 1973
name: label: maker
content: Stapp Enterprises
notes: label: Description
content: Dirt oval tracks, speeds of 90 miles per hour or more, and the relatively light weight of sprint cars combined to produce a spectacular racing style. Drivers maintain top speeds on turns, letting the rear wheels slide while balancing throttle and steering. Stapp Enterprises built this car in Brownsburg, Indiana. It has a Chevrolet V-8 engine, spring front, and torsion bar rear suspension. The transmission has only one speed, but the rear axle contains a quick-change section that allowed the mechanic to change the final gear ratio in the pits. This car raced on dirt tracks, primarily in Ohio and Indiana but as far south as Florida and as far east as Pennsylvania. Its most successful driver was Duane “Pancho” Carter, who won the 1974 United States Auto Club (USAC) championship. Other drivers include Johnny Rutherford, Jackie Howerton, and Terry White.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Brownsburg
topic: label: Subject
content: Engineering
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Automobiles
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Girft of Terry L. White
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0814.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0814
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0814.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: automobile, racing
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 1/2 in x 72 in x 143 in; 158.75 cm x 182.88 cm x 363.22 cm