Early Years of Racing

Ernie McAfee was an early hot rodder who as a member of the 90 MPH club and the SCTA Road Runners club of Southern California. Mcafee's main claim to fame in the SoCal area was his 1938 136 mph Modified division record; this record was set in a Winfield-modified 4 cylinder flathead Ford. McAfee raced Modified Fords during the 1930s and was an innovator in streamlining. McAfee, along with fellow SCTA Road Runners Club member Jack Harvey, built and ran the first wheel enclosed Streamliner

Streamliner

A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance. The term is applied to high-speed railway trainsets of the 1930s to 1950s, and to their successor "bullet trains". Less commonly, the term is applied to fully faired recumbent bicycles...

 on Lake Muroc.

Career

McAfee was known after WWII for building and customizing cars through Ernie McAfee Engineering, McAfee during this time also campaigned Siatas, Crosleys, and his all-conquering baby blue 4.9 litre Ferrari. McAfee raced in the La Carrera Panamericana in 1953 as a driver of a Siata 208S, then as co-driver to Porfirio Rubirosa, who campaigned a Ferrari 500 Mondial in the 1954 race. He owned a Ferrari, Siata, Alfa Romeo, Moretti, and Osca dealership on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. He was killed during the 1956 running of the Del Monte trophy(Pebble Beach race), after colliding into a tree.

External links

• http://crosleykook.blogspot.com/2010/02/random-photo-surprise.html
• http://jimturley.tripod.com/
• http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=93766
• http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/TorreyPinesEMcAfee.html
• http://www.ussarcherfish.com/roadrunners/Alumni.htm