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Sam Hanks

National Champion

Photos from film by Charles Klopman

Indianapolis 1953: Vuky leads at the start, Vuky pits, Vuky wins.

Indianapolis 1953: Johnny Thomson, Duke Nalon, Art Cross pit. Cross finished 2d.

Indianapolis 1953: Chuck Stevenson in an Agajanian car, Cal Niday in the Belanger.

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Photo by Thomas Burnside from the Fall 1963 issue of Automobile Quarterly

The Kurtis-Kraft chassis with its Offenhauser engine offset to allow more weight on the left side of the car, driven to victory by Bill Vukovich in 1953 and 1954. Photographed at the Indianapolis Speedway Museum.

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Vuky's 'office,' now in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.

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Armin Krueger Photo

Indianapolis, May 30, 1953. Heading for the start, with Bill Vukovich on the pole, Fred Agabashian next to him, and Jack McGrath on the outside.

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