1925 Miller 122 Front Drive Race Car
1925 Miller 122 Front Drive Race Car
1925 Miller 122 Front Drive Race Car
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1925 Miller 122 Front Drive Race Car
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1925 Miller 122 Front Drive Race Car

Details
1925 Miller 122 Front Drive Race Car
Engine No. 18
Provenance
Provenance
Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Co., Los Angeles, California (built new)
Packard Motor Co., Detroit, Michigan (acquired from the above in 1926)
Stanley Reed, Detroit, Michigan (acquired from the above in 1927)
Milt Jones & Henry Maley, Indianapolis, Indiana (acquired from the above in 1930)
Frank Brisko, Chicago, Illinois (acquired from the above in 1931)
Ed Trager, Chicago, Illinois (acquired from the above circa 1946)
David Uihlein, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (acquired from the above circa 1980)
The Price Museum of Speed (acquired from the above in 2007)
Exhibited
Race Highlights
Indianapolis 500, 1925, Hill, No. 3 (DNF)
Indianapolis 500, 1927, Reed (DNQ)
Indianapolis 500, 1928, Ross, No. 38 (Qualified 16th, DNF)
Indianapolis 500, 1929, as “Richards Bros. Special,” Karnatz, No. 27 (DNQ)
Indianapolis 500, 1930, as “Jones & Maley Special,” Evans/Houser, No. 24 (33rd in Qualifying, 6th Overall)
Indianapolis 500, 1931, as “Brisko Atkinson Special,” Brisko/Wiese, No. 16 (27th in Qualifying, 22nd Overall)
Indianapolis 500, 1932, as “Brisko Atkinson Special,” Brisko/Sparks, No. 32 (13th in Qualifying, DNF)
Indianapolis 500, 1933, as “Brisko Atkinson Special,” Crawford/Crane, No. 32
Indianapolis 500, 1937, as “Elgin Piston Pin Special,” Brisko/Brown, No. 24 (15th in Qualifying, Finished 23rd Overall)
Indianapolis 500, 1938, as “Sure Stop Brake Equalizer Special,” Brisko, No. 26 (11th in Qualifying, DNF)
Indianapolis 500, 1939, Brisko, No. 29 (11th in Qualifying, DNF)
Indianapolis 500, 1940, Brisko, No. 16 (8th in Qualifying, 9th Overall)
Indianapolis 500, 1941, as “Zollner Piston Special,” Brisko, No. 8 (22nd in Qualifying, DNF)
Indianapolis 500, 1946, as “Boxar Tool Special,” Tomei, No. 15 (DNF)

Exhibition Highlights
Millers at Milwaukee, 2006
Engraved
Highlights
Harry Miller’s Legendary Front-Drive Racer Developed with Jimmy Murphy and Riley Brett
Documented by Historians as Front Wheel Drive Miller No. 2, The “Outboard Brake” Car
Continuous History from New, Including 14 Indianapolis 500 Entries
Extensively Restored to Original Specifications when Owned by David Uihlein
In Present Ownership Since 2007
Further Details
*Please note that this vehicle is titled as FD1221.

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