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One car in the storied history of the Indianapolis 500 Race stands out for its improbable powerplant. In 1952, Fred Agabashian drove an Indy race car powered by a Cummins Diesel engine. Cummins had been fielding Diesel Indy cars off-and-on since 1931 with limited success. By 1952 Cummins had refined its engines to the pointContinue reading “Freddy’s Diesel Racer”