Parker’s Mechanician Leans to Balance Car
The #14 F.I.A.T. driver Edward Parker was on the gas as he made the dangerous Hicksville Turn. Parker’s mechanician leaned out of the car toward the inside of the corner as ballast to balance the racer and mitigate the risk of turning over.
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…