The Seduction of Speed.(Escape Roads)(Frank Lockhart)

Byline: TOM TRACE Turner Woodard, the owner of the historic Stutz building in Indianapolis, felt compelled to add to his collection a replica of the famous Stutz Blackhawk Special, because the story of its pilot, Frank Lockhart, is filled with a Hollywood screenplay's worth of triumph and tragedy.

Lockharts's story began on the dirt tracks of Southern California, years before he made his way to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He had carved a name for himself on the bullrings with a natural ability to turn fast laps but was equally gifted at turning wrenches. Indy eventually ...

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