Brabham BT12 (red-and-white car on the left), next to a Brabham BT15 Formula 3 car (green-and-yellow car on the right)

The Brabham BT12 was a mid-engined open-wheel racing car, designed, developed and built by the Brabham team, to compete in the 1964 Indianapolis 500. Jack Brabham managed to qualify the car on the grid in 25th-place, but retired on lap 77 of the race due to a fuel tank damage, from a collision on the first lap. The car was powered by an naturally aspirated Offenhauser 252 cu in (4.13 L) DOHC inline four-cylinder engine, making about 420 hp (310 kW).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Brabham BT12 history". July 2015.
  2. ↑ Brown, Allen. "Brabham « OldRacingCars.com". OldRacingCars.com.
  3. ↑ World, Auto Sport. "Find out all the information about the race car Brabham BT12 I-1-64. As well as its drivers and results". Auto Sport World.
  4. ↑ White, Gordon Eliot (June 15, 2004). Offenhauser: The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who Built It. MBI Publishing Company LLC. ISBN 9780760319185 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Mueller, Mike. American Horsepower. MotorBooks International. ISBN 9781610608060 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Kimbrough, Bobby (December 24, 2012). "Offenhauser. The Greatest Racing Engine Ever Built?". Street Muscle.


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