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	The Miller/Offenhauser Historical Society Recommended Books and Articles The stories and events in the early years of auto racing are fascinating. Ingenious designers created overhead-cam engines, superchargers, intercoolers, front-wheel drive, and four-wheel drive. Courageous drivers battled each other and the tracks as they hurtled down the thin line of victory and death. Attracted together by the gamble, the thrill, the perfection, they inspired each other to brilliance. Thanks to the incredible amount of research accomplished by the authors of these books and articles, we can relive the glory days of auto racing. Go to the book and article list
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Recommended Books and Articles

Miller/Offy cars

The Miller Dynasty, 2nd ed. - Mark Dees, ISBN 0-9638084-0-0
Miller - Griffith Borgeson, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-87938-814-5
Offenhauser - Gordon White, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-87938-883-8
Offy-America's Greatest Racing Engine - Ken Walton, Roadster Works LLC
The Golden Age of the American Racing Car, 2nd ed. - Griffith Borgeson, SAE, ISBN 0-7680-0023-8
The Last Great Miller: The Four Wheel Drive Indy Car - by Griffith Borgeson, ISBN 0-7680-0500-0
Vintage & Historic Indianapolis Race Cars - Dan Owen, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-7603-0347-9
AQ Vol. 1-1 "Barney Oldfield –Golden Submarine" - William F. Nolan
AQ Vol. 19-1 "The Pre-Conquest Millers" - Griffith Borgeson
AQ Vol. 21-4 "Miller Front-Drive Story" - Griffith Borgeson
AQ Vol. 23-1 "The Golden Sub Re-Born" - Mark Dees
AQ Vol. 31-3 "The fifty year reign of the Immortal Offy" - L. Spencer Riggs
AQ Vol. 40-1 "Asleep 16: The Miller that wouldn't die" - Joe Freeman
AQ Vol. 40-4 "Pullin’ for Junior: The First Front-Wheel Drive Miller" - L. Spencer Riggs
Hot Rod, June 1952 - "A complete Offenhauser engine build-up"
Hot Rod, June 1958 - "Fabulous four banger" - Maurice Prather
Speed Age, March 1952 - "Was America 11 years ahead in Grand Prix Cars?" - P.S. deBeaumont
Speed Age, June 1954 - "The Offy - a dream come true" - Lou Borden
Speed Age, October 1958 - "Harry Miller: Father of the Offy" - Brock Yates
Speed Age, May 1959 - "Offy" - Maurice Prather
Sports Cars IIlustrated, October 1956 - "An American Thoroughbred and How It Grew" - Griffith Borgeson
Sports Cars Illustrated, May 1958 - "The Cars from Mars - Gulf-Miller" - Griffith Borgeson
Sports Cars Illustrated, January 1960 - "Project Time Machine - Miller 91 front drive" - Griffith Borgeson
Sports Cars Illustrated, July 1960 - "Project Time Machine - The chassis" - Griffith Borgeson
Sports Cars Illustrated, August 1960 - "Project Time Machine - The magic of a name" - Griffith Borgeson
Car and Driver, June 1961 - "Project Time Machine - The magnificent Miller 91 engine" - Griffith Borgeson
Car and Driver, May 1962 - "Project Time Machine - Conception to conclusion" - Griffith Borgeson
Car Life, June 1962 - "Miller 91 Front Drive story" - Griffith Borgeson
Car and Driver, July 1965 - "The Old Race Car That Could" - Eric Neilssen
Road & Track, August 1966 - "Leo Goosen" - Griffith Borgeson
Motor Trend, March 1972 - "1929 Miller Front-Drive" - Eric Dahlquist
Special Interest Autos, May/June 1975 - "The Old Man's Last Fling" - Rich Taylor
Special Interest Autos, May/June 1975 - "Two For the Road" - Ken Gross
Old Car Illustrated, September 1977 - "The Classic Racing Car"
Indy 500 Souvenir Book 1983 - "Harry Miller-A Speedway Genius" - Carl Hungness Publishing
Motor Trend, December 1983 - "1935 Miller-Ford" - Len Frank
Circle Track, April 1983 - "Miller's Magic" - Mark Dees
Circle Track, March 1985 - "Golden Sub, Fools' Gold" - Neil Nissing
Road and Track, May 1985 - "Salon - Miller 91-The 1928 Indy Winner” - Dean Batchelor
Super Auto Illustrated, September 1985 - "Harry Miller's Cars” - John Burgess
Circle Track, September 1988 - “Making a Miller” - Joe Scalzo
Cars & Parts, May and June 1989 - "Born Winners - the Miller 91" - Bill Digney & Jim O'Keefe
Circle Track, March 1990 - “Shorty's Car” - Frank Gudaitis
Autoweek, August 13, 1990 - "1930 Miller Racer" - John Matras
Open Wheel, August 1990 - "The Lockhhart Engine Legacy" - George Peters
Circle Track, March 1992 "Packard Cable Special #18" - Frank Gudaitis
Autoweek, June 1, 1992 - "Miller Ford Indy Cars" - Tim Considine
Autoweek, September 13, 1993 - "Miller front drive story" - Tim Considine
Road & Track, December 1999 - "Salon - 1932 Miller FWD" - Kim Reynolds
Classic & Sports Car, January 2003 - "Miller 4WD" - Mike Walsh
Classic & Sports Car, January 2004 - "Golden Submarine" - Mike Walsh
Motorsport, January 2004 - "Frank Lockhart LSR"
Vintage Racecar Journal, June 2006 - "Gulf Stream - The Gulf-Miller Project" - Gordon White

Golden age racing era and race tracks

King of the Boards: The Life and Times of Jimmy Murphy - Gary D. Doyle, King of the Boards
Barney Oldfield: The Life and Times of America's Legendary Speed King - William F. Nolan, Brown Fox Books, ISBN 1-888978-12-4
Board Track, Guts, Gold and Glory- Dick Wallen, Kutztown Publishing, LoCC 90-090464
I Drove the Boards - reprinted into one booklet by Tom Saal. Contains many detailed Miller stories not found in Pete's other book, "Wall Smacker".
Wall Smacker - Pete de Paolo
The Life of Ted Horn - by Russ Catlin, published Floyd Clymer
Indianapolis 500 Chronicle- Rick Popely, Publications International, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3
Indianapolis 500-Mile Race History - Floyd Clymer, self-published 1946
The Illustrated History of the Indianapolis 500, 4th ed. - Jack Fox, Carl Hungness Publishing, ISBN 0-915088-05-3.
The Illustrated History of Sprint Car Racing, Vol. 1, 1896-1942 - Jack Fox, Carl Hungness Publishing ISBN 0-915088-40-1
American Grand Prix Racing - Time Considine, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-7603-0210-3
The Grand Prix Car 1906-1954 - Laurence Pomeroy, re-published on CD by Tek-Trove & Engineering Information Services, ISBN 1-903149-05-3
AQ Vol. 2-3 "Indy Museum" - William F. Nolan
AQ Vol. 8-2 "The Incomparable Milton" - Al Bloemker
AQ Vol 9-3 "The Wooden Wonders'' - Russ Catlin
AQ Vol. 21-4 "Leon Duray-Just the Fastest" - Griffith Borgeson
AQ Vol. 14-1 "Sheepshead Bay board track story"- Russ Catlin
AQ Vol. 15-2 "Ballot Racing History" - Griffith Borgeson
AQ Vol. 15-4 "The Great Vail" - Russ Catlin
AQ Vol. 19-4 "The Bob Burman story" - Russ Catlin
AQ Vol. 25-1 "Murphy`s Duesy- Conquering Le Mans and Indy" - Fredrick A. Usher
AQ Vol. 30-4 "Duesenberg Out Of The Crucible-A Racing History" - Joseph S. Freeman & James G. O' Keefe
AQ Vol. 33-1 "The Lou Meyer story" - L. Spencer Riggs and George Moore
AQ Vol. 35-2 "Fulford board track story" - Joe Freeman
Speed Age, June 1951 - "Destination Indianapolis" - Pete De Paolo
Speed Age, July 1951, September 1951, October 1951, January 1952, March 1952, May 1952, March 1953, April 1953 - "I Drove the Boards" - Pete De Paolo, multi-part series
Speed Age, June 1952 - "Fred Duesenberg-Labeled for the Hall of Fame" - John Kozub
True Automobile 1960 Yearbook - "The Toothpick Saucers" - Russ Catlin
Car Life, July 1961 - "The Frank Lockhart story"
Car Life, January 1962 - "The Jimmy Murphy story" - L. Sweeny
Car Life, March 1962 - "The Ernie Olson story" - Charles G. Proche
Car Life, March 1965 -"The Racing Duesenbergs Part 1- The walking-beam era." - Griffith Borgeson
Car Life, April 1965 - "The Racing Duesenbergs Part 2" - Griffith Borgeson
Sports Car Graphic - December 1962 - “Gentle Jimmy Murphy story"
Car Life, July 1963 - "Pete De Paolo story" - Jack Lewis
Car Life, October 1963 - “Back When the West was Won” - L. Sweeny
Road & Track, June 1971 - "Jimmy Murphy at Le Mans" - Cyril Posthumus
Old Car Illustrated, November 1979 - "Taking the Turns at Tacoma"
Open Wheel, June 1982 - "The Altoona Boards" - David and Judith Lyon
Open Wheel, January 1986 - "Louis Meyer: Winner of the 500, Engine Builder, Outright Character" - Herb Anastor
Open Wheel, February 1987 - "The Atlantic City Boards" - Herb Anastor
Open Wheel, June 1987 - "Frank Lockhart" - L. Spencer Riggs
Open Wheel Classic Racer, April 1989 - "The Uniontown Boards"
Open Wheel, August 1991 - "Louis Meyer: driving the boards was all-out speed" - Herb Anastor
Circle Track, June 1989 "Lou Meyer" - Joe Scalzo
Autoweek, June 2, 1986 - "1921 Duesenberg: Conqueror of France" - Donald Davidson
Autoweek, October 14, 1996 - "Duesenberg No. 12 Champ Car" - Griffith Borgeson
Automotive Fine Art, August 2000, v.12 no.26 - "Art and The French Grand Prix, 1921" - Gary D. Doyle

Technical

The Classic Twin Cam Engine - Griffith Borgeson, Dalton-Watson ISBN 0-901564-192
Design & Development of the Indy Car - Roger Huntington, HPBooks, ISBN 0-89586-103-8
AQ Vol. 11-3 "The Charlatan Mystery" - Griffith Borgeson
Motor Life, June 1954 - “New Offie Challenger-Experimental Supercharged" - Griffith Borgeson
Sports Cars Illustrated, October 1956 "The evolution of racing engines" - Griffith Borgeson
Road & Track, September 1962 - “The Unbeatable Meyer-Drake” - Roger Huntington
Car Life, January 1963 - "Superchargers for the Speedway (Miller & Duesenberg)" - Griffith Borgeson
Motor Trend, May 1970 - “Four Cylinder, Twin-Cam,16 Valve American Dream” - Griffith Borgeson
Circle Track, May 1983 - "Offy 255 cut-away drawing" - David Kimble

Other racing directly related

Packards at Speed - Robert Neal, Aero-Marine History Publishing, ISBN 0-9647483-0-4
Classic Speedboats 1916-1939 - Gerald Guetat, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-7603-0464-5

The comprehensive list of journals and magazines was provided by Tony DeSeta.

Some of the out-of-print books/articles are available. Check on the For Sale page for availability.

Is a good book or article missing? Email me at: milleroffy@comcast.net

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