Photo Gallery «Technology in race cars (23): Howmet TX prototype 1968 - Gas plant»
While the gas turbine had relatively quickly become obsolete as a drive system for passenger cars, it was still being experimented with in racing at the end of the 1960s. Although the Howmet TX was not the first of its kind, it was the first and still the only turbine car to win an officially regulated race against reciprocating piston cars. This article from the series "Technology in racing cars from 1958 to 1978" presents the most successful of all gas turbine racing cars and shows it in historic racing use.
Howmet TX (1968) - in the Plateau 5 (1966-1971) at the Le Mans Classic 2012
© Balz Schreier, 2012
Le Mans Classic 2012 - The Grid 5 rolls over the Dunlop hill - in the middle of it the Howmet TX with the impressive heat flicker
© Bruno von Rotz, 2012
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