In 1946, after WWII, the Indy 500 resumed. Lou Fageol had a new idea. His Indy car would sport two 90 c.i. supercharged Offy midget engines. One in the front to drive the front wheels and one in the rear to drive the back wheels. Driver Paul Russo, qualified the Fageol "Twin Coach Special" in second place, but crashed in lap 17 of the race. Johnny Vesco acquired the rear Offy and ran it in the Vesco family streamliner #444, Don Vesco at the wheel, setting a landpseed record of 180.90 mph in 1969. According to our research the two Fageol engines were the only ones produced by Offenhauser that year.
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