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Old 02-07-2016, 02:59 AM
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Jack Gifford Jack Gifford is offline
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I've been an admirer of Mickey for what I think of as a long time- since about 1959. But I was recently reading Hot Rod Magazine coverage of the 1953 Bonneville Nationals, where he set a record in Competition Coupe class- two-way average of about 195 MPH, with a pair of unblown flatheads on ~25% nitro. But what grabbed my attention was the fact that he was referred to as an "old timer" at racing- in 1953!!!

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Anybody else on this planet campaign a M/T hemi Pontiac for eleven seasons?
... or has built a record breaking DOHC hemi four cylinder Pontiac?
... or has driven a couple laps of Nuerburgring with Tri-Power Pontiac power?(back in 1967)