Roy (Leroy) Repp (May 12, 1882 – January 4, 1934) was an American stunt driver.[1]
Although many sources claim he was an Australian, there is evidence that he was actually an American born in Mansfield, Ohio, United States.[2]
Repp was born on May 12, 1882, in Mansfield, Ohio and died on January 4, 1934, in Shreveport Hospital, Louisiana as a result of a motor racing accident; he was working as a race starting flagman at an IMCA big car event held at the Shreveport Fairgrounds on October 29, 1933, when a wheel came off a racing car and hit him.[2]
One of Repp's stunt cars was Maude the Motor Mule. Repp could pull a lever, causing a heavy weight beneath the car to move forward or backward—shifting the car's center of gravity and making it rear up on its hind wheels or front wheels.[3]
References edit
- ^ Alan A. Siegel (1995). Smile: a picture history of Olympic Park, 1887-1965. ISBN 9780813522555.
Roy Repp, the Australian trick auto driver, and his "wonder car" entertained the fans before the races.
- ^ a b "Motorsport Memorial -".
- ^ Maude the Motor Mule. Popular Science. 1916.
Another weight is fixed on the overhang behind the rear axle. When the driver, Roy Repp, pulls a lever, the heavy weight beneath the car moves forward or back as desired, the center of gravity is upset, and the car, suddenly stopped or slowed down, rears up on its hind wheels. The counterweights are so delicate that the car may be run while balancing upon the rear wheels, as shown on the cover.
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