A real Stud (UPDATE).

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James Profitt:"I drove Tony Gulotta's 1933 car several times at Elkart Lake Wisconsin. At the time it belonged to my friend Brooks Stevens. It was like wrestling a bear at the edge a cliff at the same time.....You know the bear was not going to be kind even if you both fell off. It was always a job! A FUN JOB!"

EARLIER: David Greenlees visited the recent New Hampshire International Speedway Vintage Celebration (US) and explains the history of this 1930 Studebaker: "This is the first race car of the 5 car team fielded by the Studebaker Co. for the Indianapolis 500 Race in 1932-33. Number 37 was built in the fall of 1930 at the Studebaker Proving Grounds Engineering Garage. Mr. George Hunt was the engineer in charge of the project. (editor: Mr. Hunt drove the 1929 Indy Pacecar: a Studebaker F 10 President (clic) (GaspumpClassics.com).
Car #37 was entered in the 1931 Indy 500 Race with Tony Gulotta Driving. On the 120th lap he was given the signal to run flat out. Gulotta passed 18 cars in the next 46 laps and was running in first place when #37 hit a patch of oil from Billy Arnolds crash sending him into the wall and finishing his fine showing. #37 was repaired and entered... ---->see Read More (photo by Roger Schleicher; click for full view)

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