Scarab (constructor)
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Scarab was an American sports car and open-wheel race car constructor featuring cars designed and built by Tom Barnes and Dick Troutman for Reventlow Automobiles Inc, owned by Lance Reventlow. The Che
Scarab roadster #16 (left-hand drive) at the 2005 Historic races at Laguna Seca Raceway
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Two Scarab roadsters (#5 is right-hand drive) at the 2005 Historic races at Laguna Seca Raceway
Scarab 1960 Formula One car in the 2018 Silverstone Classic.
Offenhauser
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The Offenhauser Racing Engine, often shorted to the Offy, was a series of racing engines that dominated American Championship Car racing for more than fifty years. Versions of the engine won the India
Scarab (constructor)
…with front-engined cars which by then were nearly obsolete. The engines in these front-engined cars were 4-cylinder units similar in layout to the Offenhauser, but entirely of Scarab's own design penned by Leo Goossen of Offenhauser, and later Meyer-Drake fame. They featured desmodromic valve gear similar in…
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An Offenhauser sprint "midget" racer
An Offenhauser midget engine, polished for display
Offenhauser midget car engine - front view