[10] The 60 Special was among the first American-built racing cars without a seat for a riding mechanic, and that centered the driver laterally in the chassis.

Chevrolet's car suffered a roll-over crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on 29 June 1910 due to a blown tire.

[2][17] Howard donated the car to the De Young Museum in San Francisco, then borrowed it back to display at his dealership.

[18] By 1940 the car had been restored by de Waters and his successor at Buick, Charles A. Chayne, in preparation for appearances at the Flint Motor Festival and New York World's Fair that year.

[2][9] The car nevertheless remained on the inventory of the De Young until 1984, when a reporter from the San Francisco Examiner located it at the Sloan.

[5][16] Four short exhaust pipes stub out of the left side of the engine cover, portending Buick's iconic porthole styling feature.

A small hand pump is provided so the driver can pressurize both the fuel tank and crankcase based on the readings of two gauges.

Instead of a front-mounted rectangular radiator, heat from the engine is rejected by a series of finned tubes that arch over the car's body just ahead of the cowl.

Total weight is 2,600 lb (1,179.3 kg)[11] The car is fitted with Dorian demountable rims shod with Firestone tires.

[22] Also in 1911, Burman and his Bug won a 20 mi (32.2 km) Straightaway Free-for-all race at Jacksonville Beach, Florida at an average speed of 91.06 mph (146.55 km/h).