For weeks, only those closest to Fred Agabashian knew what his #28 Cummins Diesel Special could do. Fred, a diminutive 38-year-old in his prime dubbed Fearless Freddie by Motor Trend magazine, had a ...

When Cummins entered its #28 Special race car in the 1952 Indianapolis 500 Race, the company wasn't looking to get into the racing business. It was trying to prove a point about diesel engines, and ...