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The Howmet TX was the first turbine car to win an official race, but it was actually only built for advertising purposes. Howmet Inc., now owned by Alcoa, was no stranger to the metalworking industry, at least in the USA. Howmet supplied aluminum, titanium and magnesium, but not complete cars. On the contrary, Howmet was a supplier to the automotive industry. Nevertheless, two independent Howmet racing cars were built in 1967. This report looks back and shows rare photos of the fast turbine car.
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.
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