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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyL View Post
    That is interesting. I'd love to know more about it. Presumably it was designed more for aero than protection at the time. I wonder if it was successful, and what happened to it. I guess if it worked, it was probably banned; I wonder what reason would have been given for banning it, if that was the case.
    I'm not sure why it was scrapped Andy.

    Here's a closed cockpit car that ran in the 1919 Indianapolis 500 driven by Roscoe Sarles. The car won 20 races in its career. It was mostly driven by racing legend Barney Oldfield.

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    Last edited by Stan Reid; 21st April 2016 at 14:57.
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