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Fred Offenhauser ( 1888 – 1973 ), was an automotive engineer and mechanic who designed the Offenhauser racing engine, nicknamed the " Offy ", which dominated competition in the Indianapolis 500 race for decades.
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When one of the Peugeot racers remained in the United States during World War I and parts could not be acquired from France for the 1914 season, owner Bob Burma had it serviced in the shop of Harry Miller by a young mechanic named Fred Offenhauser.
In the early 1920s, Miller built his own 3. 0 litre ( 183 in³ ) engine, inspired by the Peugeot Grand Prix engine which had been serviced in his shop by Fred Offenhauser in 1914, installing it in Jimmy Murphy's Duesenberg and allowing him to win the 1922 edition of the race.
In 1935, Miller's former employees, Fred Offenhauser and Leo Goosen, had already achieved their first win with the soon-to-become famous 4-cylinder Offenhauser or " Offy " engine.
* Fred Offenhauser ( 1888 – 1973 ), automotive inventor
With John Edward and Fred Offenhauser, Miller created a Peugeot-inspired inline-four engine.
The Offenhauser engine, familiarly known as the " Offy ", was developed by Fred Offenhauser and his employer Harry Arminius Miller, after maintaining and repairing a 1913 Peugeot Grand Prix car of the type which had won the Indianapolis 500.
Inspired by a Peugeot Grand Prix engine which had been serviced in his shop by Fred Offenhauser in 1914, it had 4 cylinders, double overhead camshafts and 4 valves per cylinder, and powered Jimmy Murphy's Duesenberg to victory in the 1922 Indianapolis 500.
His shop foreman and chief machinist Fred Offenhauser purchased the business and continued development of the engine as the Offenhauser, or " Offy ", until the start of the Second World War.
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