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![STE_053_Mauri Rose '47](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/STE_053_Mauri-Rose-47.jpg)
Lou Moore owned and entered two of these beautiful rides in the 1947 Indianapolis 500. Lou commissioned Emil Diedt to build them for him. The front wheel drive cars were powered by 270” Offys and finished in first and second place that year. This is Winner Mauri Rose’s car that carried the number 27 and started third with a qualifying speed of 124.040 mph. Mauri averaged 116.338 mph for 500 miles. Photo number 813 was shot by Frank Smith.
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![JHC_420_1919-Indy-Grid](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/JHC_420_1919-Indy-Grid.jpg)
1910-1919
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1920-1929
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1930-1939
![LWJ_068_Bob-Bebek-41](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/LWJ_068_Bob-Bebek-41.jpg)
1940-1949
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1950-1959
![LOL_101_Funk-Shipley-Marshall](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/LOL_101_Funk-Shipley-Marshall.jpg)
1960-1969
![HHC_062_Mr.-Sandman](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/HHC_062_Mr.-Sandman.jpg)
1970-1979
![TBC_358_Tom Bryant '86](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TBC_358_Tom-Bryant-86.jpg)
1980-1989
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1990-1999
![SIR_001_Bonneville 2007](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/SIR_001_Bonneville-2007.jpg)
2000-2009
![CEC_006_Lawson Chenoweth 12](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CEC_006_Lawson-Chenoweth-12.jpg)
2010-2019
![JMC_10314_A Few Taco Protesters 21](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/JMC_10314_A-Few-Taco-Protesters-21.jpg)
2020 +
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Drag Racing
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Dry Lakes / Bonneville
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Oval Track
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Road Racing
![DRC_167_Miles-Foster-s-Instant-T-GNRS-69](https://cdn-ahrf.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/01/DRC_167_Miles-Foster-s-Instant-T-GNRS-69.jpg)
Shows
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On the Street
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