Cutting edge racer.

David Greenlees sends once more one of his fine early racing photos. When resizing this photo we couldn't resist cropping it in a way that it resembles our PreWarCar logo with the cut off wheel, making the car leap from the image... Our Newsletter subscribers will get the full 'unabridged' photo later today in super-wide-screen format (to subscribe fill in the box at the lower left side of this page). The 1912 photo was a promo shot for Cooke Lenses (clic!) .....back to the track, back to David:
"This wonderful photo is a 1912 Cutting race car driven by famous early driver Bob Burman. The track is unknown but this photo was taken sometime after Burman drove this car in the 1912 Indianapolis Race. The car was built by the Cutting Co. of Jackson Michigan to promote their brand of autos built from 1909-13. It is a 115" wheelbase chassis with a 598 C.I. Wisconsin type DR engine, a T-head with 5- 3/32" bore with a very long stroke of 7". Burman had moved from tenth up to forth in the race (Indy) when both rear tires blew and the car rolled several times, he and his mechanic.......

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