Brawner hawk mario andretti biography
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Hawk 1965 Indy history
Ray Evernham's restored 1965 Brawner-Hawk at the Historic Indycar Exhibition in May 2016. Copyright Ian Blackwell 2016. Used with permission.
Built as a copy of the Brabham BT12, the original 1965 Brawner Hawk took Mario Andretti to the 1965 USAC Championship. The following season he used this car to take pole position at the Indy 500 and then a second successive USAC title.
The original Brabham BT12 had been ordered by John Zink for 1964 and had been raced by Jack Brabham at the 1964 Indy 500, where it was let down by its F1 springs, which were much too light for the Speedway. It was then raced by Jim McElreath for Zink for the rest of 1964 and stronger springs transformed it into a race winner. A series of accidents in September and October rendered the car unusable so Zink commissioned Clint Brawner, the chief mechanic on Al Dean's highly successful team, to build a replica of the BT12 for 1965. Brawner's deal allowed him to build a second replica for the Dean Van Lines team, to be raced by team driver Mario Andretti in 1965. The frames were all made by Brawner at his workshop in Phoenix, AZ, using TIG-welded SAE 4130 chrome-moly steel, instead of the braze-welded mild steel used in the Brabham frame. Bodywork was fabricated by Eddie Kuzm
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Brawner Hawk
Racing car model
The Brawner Hawk is a series of open-wheelrace car chassis designed and developed by automotive mechanic and engineer Clint Brawner for U.S.A.C.Indy car racing, between 1965 and 1969. It successfully won the 1969 Indianapolis 500, driven by Mario Andretti.
The Brawner Hawk was originally powered by the naturally-aspirated 255 cu in (4 L), and later turbocharged 159–162 cu in (2,606–2,655 cc), 700 hp (520 kW), Ford Indy V8 engine, which also powered several Lotus and Coyote Indy race cars, and even a McNamara chassis. The chassis was lightweight, and only weighed around 1,400 lb (640 kg), giving it an incredible power-to-weight ratio.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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Hawk 1968 Indy car-by-car histories
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