What do you see? Shapes. Space. Flow. Nature. Plant. Flower bud. Clouds. A Sunset. The Hood of a Subaru. Rotated Image. Available in a 20x40" lustre print on a float mount
1905 Premier race car, built in Indianapolis, Indiana; on display at IMS Museum. Commissioned by Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Carl Fisher in 1905 (four years before the founding of IMS) the machine is a product of the Premier Motor Manufacturing Company in Indianapolis. The car was developed to compete in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Long Island, New York. Ever patriotic (and optimistic) Fisher was determined to prove that Americans could compete and met with Premier's chief engineer George Weidley and conceived of a giant (923.4 cubic inches) machine. The engine was air-cooled, the largest of its kind. The problem was the car exceeded the weight regulations - it was over the 2,200-pound maximum weight allowance by some 300 pounds. Fisher put the Premier boys to work drilling holes in the car and removing the drive shaft to be replaced by heavy-duty drive chains to each of the rear wheels. All of this was to no avail. Fisher pleaded his case but was rebuffed. Until recently, the only record of the car ever competing was in a five-mile handicap race October 21, 1905, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds dirt oval. Fisher won after catching the final competitor he granted a head start on the last lap. He averaged 59.21 mph. Available in a 24x36" lustre print on float mount
The colors of power and speed captured in the exhaust header of the Maserati race car driven by Wilbur Shaw, and other significant drivers, of the Boyle Racing Team in multiple Indianapolis 500 races. The 1938 Maserati 8C.T.F. serial number 3032, known as the Boyle Special, is nationally significant based on its relation to four criteria. First, it is associated with important events in automotive history and culture. The Boyle Special is the most successful automobile to compete at the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, having won twice, finished third twice and fourth once. Second, it is associated with significant persons in automotive and American history, including: Wilbur Shaw, a successful and prominent American racing car driver and former Indianapolis Motor Speedway President; Michael Boyle, an important American labor leader and race team owner; Ted Horn, Indianapolis racer and AAA National Championship winner; and Harry W. “Cotton” Henning, chief mechanic for Boyle Racing Headquarters who oversaw the mechanical preparation and attention for multiple Indianapolis winning cars including the Maserati 8C.T.F. Third, the Boyle Special features significant design and construction value: its engineering prowess proved itself on the Indianapolis race track for longer than most cars and is representative of the work of a master: Ernesto Maserati and the builders at Officine Alfieri Maserati S.A. Fourth, it offers informational value as one of the few racecars of the era to retain many of its original materials, components and craftsmanship. The period of significance for the Boyle Special was during its competition history at the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race from 1939 to 1953. The car now resides under the ownership of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
