Background
White, Gordon Eliot was born on October 25, 1933 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Son of Maurice Brewster and Sarah Fullilove (Gordon) White.
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(Indianapolis, Racing Cars of Frank Kurtis, 1941-1963 ) Author: Gordon Eliot White Dec-2000
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Ab & Marvin Jenkins: The Studebaker Connection and the Mormon Meteors
( Ab Jenkins drove for Studebaker in speedway and road ra...)
Ab Jenkins drove for Studebaker in speedway and road races during the late 1920's and early 30's, then took a Pierce-Arrow roadster to Bonneville, Utah, for the first-ever timed run on the Salt Flats. His 112 mile an hour record for 24 hours made him world-famous. In 1935 the Duesenberg Company converted one of its supercharged luxury cars into "The Mormon Meteor" for him to race at Bonneville against such men as John Cobb, Malcolm Campbell and Captain George Eyston. Repowered in 1936 with a 1,750 cubic inch Curtiss fighter plane engine, the car was re-named "Meteor II" and returned to the Salt Flats to set more records. In 1937, with sponsorship from major oil, tire and spark plug companies, he built Meteor III, a huge aero-engine monster that carried him to more records on the salt. Ab's son, Marvin, was a racer in his own right, driving one of the Studebakers more than 90 miles an hour in 1931. After the war Marvin was tapped to drive the famed Novi Indianapolis car at Bonneville, where he set Class D records in 1947. In Ab's final drive, he and Marvin teamed up in 1956 to drive a Pontiac to a 24 hour stock car record of more than 118 miles an hour.
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Indianapolis Racing Cars of Frank Kurtis 1941-1963 Photo Archive
( The definitive book on Kurtis championship cars, showca...)
The definitive book on Kurtis championship cars, showcasing all 111 full-size ''champ'' cars that Frank Kurtis built between 1941 and 1963. Most of these cars were built specifically to race at Indianapolis. In fact, Kurtis' cars won the Indianapolis 500 five years out of six (1950-1955), and dominated the starting field from 1950 through 1958. Kurtis pioneered the ''roadster'' design, in which the engine was offset in the car, allowing the driver to sit much lower, reducing the height of the car and thus wind resistance. Roadsters were the last front-engine cars before the 1965 rear-engine revolution, and they are remembered with much nostalgia. Also see engineering drawings of the cars as well as dramatic starting field photos and crash photos. An appendix detailing car and engine serial numbers will add to your enjoyment.
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Indianapolis Racing Cars of Frank Kurtis 1941-1963 Photo Archive Paperback September, 2000
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Lost Race Tracks: Treasures of Automobile Racing by White, Gordon Eliot (2003) Paperback
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Marvelous Mechanical Designs of Harry A. Miller
( Harry A. Miller designed racing cars that were among th...)
Harry A. Miller designed racing cars that were among the finest of the golden age of American auto racing for nearly two decades. What are less well known are Miller's passenger cars, and boat and aircraft engine designs, some of them extremely successful, some of them bizarre. This book portrays Miller's racing cars of the glorious roaring twenties along with his speedboat and aircraft engines - even his design for a high-speed combat vehicle engine. Seen are his advanced Miller-Fords of 1935 and the radical Gulf-Miller cars of 1938-1941. An exciting collection of photos of the work of one of America's mechanical geniuses, along with commentary on Miller's work by highly regarded auto racing historian Gordon Eliot White.
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Lost Race Tracks: Treasures of Automobile Racing
( Americans have raced on more than 6,000 racetracks, roa...)
Americans have raced on more than 6,000 racetracks, road courses and drag strips, at home and abroad, since an American Duryea and a German Benz met in the snow in Chicago in 1895. A few more than 1,200 still exist or are still used today. The rest have disappeared under shopping centers, airports and housing developments - or simply into the mists of time.Included here are the best remembered, the most important and the most interesting of those tracks, along with some that are remembered only by local historians. Come along for the ride and rediscover the heritage of automobile racing.
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Gordon Eliot White
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Gordon Eliot White, American Historian. License master mariner United States Coast Guard; licensed pilot Federal Aviation Administration. Advisor auto racing National Museum American History, Smithsonian Institution, since 1989;curator Miller-Offenhauser Archive of historic race engine blueprints. Member Sigma Delta Chi, Pi Kappa Phi, Pi Delta Epsilon.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1955; Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University, 1957.
Career
Stringer, Nassau Daily Review-Star, Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, 1948-1950;
stringer, Freeport (New York) Leader, 1949-1950;
sports writer, Morris County (New Jersey) Citizen, 1950-1951;
stringer, Ithaca (New York) Evening News, 1951-1955;
photo editor, editorial writer, Cornell Daily Sun, 1951-1955;
copy editor, American Banker, New York City, 1958;
Washington correspondent, Chicago American, 1958-1961;
chief, Washington bureau Deseret News, Salt Lake City, 1961-1988. Also correspondent in Europe, United States and Antarctic for WJR, Detroit. KSL-KSL-television, Salt Lake City, also KGMB, Honolulu.
Free lance writer with United States Navy, Army and Air Force, 1959. Consultant National Air and Space Museum. Auto racing, military aviation electronics historian.
Achievements
Works
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Ab & Marvin Jenkins: The Studebaker Connection and the Mormon Meteors
( Ab Jenkins drove for Studebaker in speedway and road ra...)
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Lost Race Tracks: Treasures of Automobile Racing
( Americans have raced on more than 6,000 racetracks, roa...)
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Indianapolis Racing Cars of Frank Kurtis 1941-1963 Photo Archive
( The definitive book on Kurtis championship cars, showca...)
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Marvelous Mechanical Designs of Harry A. Miller
( Harry A. Miller designed racing cars that were among th...)
- Indianapolis Racing Cars of Frank Kurtis 1941-1963 Photo Archive 1St edition by White, Gordon, White, Gordon Eliot (2000) Paperback
- (Indianapolis, Racing Cars of Frank Kurtis, 1941-1963 ) Author: Gordon Eliot White Dec-2000
- Indianapolis Racing Cars of Frank Kurtis 1941-1963 Photo Archive Paperback September, 2000
- Lost Race Tracks: Treasures of Automobile Racing by White, Gordon Eliot (2003) Paperback
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Ab & Marvin Jenkins: The Studebaker Connection and the Mormon Meteors
Membership
Advisor auto racing National Museum American History, Smithsonian Institution, since 1989. Curator Miller-Offenhauser Archive of historic race engine blueprints. Member National Press Club (Washington, Excellence in Reporting award 1979), Sigma Delta Chi (1st prize for newsphoto, 1954, National award 1979), Pi Kappa Phi, Pi Delta Epsilon.
Connections
Married Nancy Johnson, 1955 (divorced 1957). Married Mary Joan Briggs, August 6, 1960 (deceased November 1987). Children: Sarah Elizabeth and Gordon O'Neal Brewster (twins), David McIntyre.
Married Francis C. Barrineau, 1989 (divorced 1996). Married Angela Tyler, March 27, 1999 (deceased March, 2009).
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Religion
Episcopalian
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1955
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1957
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1948 - 1950
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1950 - 1951
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1951 - 1955
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1958
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1958 - 1961
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1961 - 1988
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Recipient 1st prize for newsphoto Sigma Delta Chi, 1954. Raymond Clapper Memorial award White House Corrs. Association, 1978; award for excellence in reporting Executive Department and White House. Award for excellence in reporting National Press Club, 1979. National Sigma Delta Chi award for disting.work as Washington Corresponding, 1979. Roy W. Howard award for outstanding public service by a newspaper correspondent, 1979. Award for distinguished investigative reporting Investigative Reporters and Editors, 1980. Reser-Tuthill award for writing on history of automobile racing, Indianapolis, 1985.Recipient 1st prize for newsphoto Sigma Delta Chi, 1954. Raymond Clapper Memorial award White House Corrs. Association, 1978; award for excellence in reporting Executive Department and White House.
Award for excellence in reporting National Press Club, 1979. National Sigma Delta Chi award for disting.work as Washington Corresponding, 1979. Roy W. Howard award for outstanding public service by a newspaper correspondent, 1979.
Award for distinguished investigative reporting Investigative Reporters and Editors, 1980. Reser-Tuthill award for writing on history of automobile racing, Indianapolis, 1985.