ISBN: | 978-5-5106-1145-8 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Howmet TX (Turbine eXperimental) was an American sports prototype racing car designed in 1968 to test the competitive use of a gas turbine engine in sports car racing. Planned by racing driver Ray Heppenstall, the TX combined a chassis built by McKee Engineering, turbine engines leased from Continental Aviation Engineering, and financial backing and materials from the Howmet Corporation.