Pushy Cat
WHEN HE BEGAN racing at Cleveland in a Goodyear midget with cut-down Luscombe wings, Jim Miller showed no signs of eventually becoming the most innovative designer/builder that the sport of airplane racing has yet seen. Back in 1949 Miller could get away with borrowing parts from other airplanes. Of course he didn't win any races, but with so many slow midget racers in the field, idiosyncrasies like fabric-covered wings and less than ideal airfoils weren't as handicapping as one might think. The crude cowlings, completely exposed wheels, and awkward configurations of the planes flown by many of Miller's rivals simply didn't belong on a racecourse.
"No Substitute for Cubes"
IT NEVER FAILS. Anytime you get into a serious discussion about motor racing, some clown is sure to announce, "There's no substitute for cubic inches!" You'd think he'd just discovered an unassailable principle. Jam a ridiculously large engine into an otherwise well designed race car or race plane-or anything else intended for speed-and you end up with a much faster machine that simply loves its newfound muscles.
