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"Legend of the First Super Speedway" Excerpt

By: Mark Dill

This is my wife's favorite excerpt from my book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway." Autographed copies available at the link.

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Oldsmobile Aerotech

09/24/2011

The Oldsmobile Aerotech cars, especially in the hands of A.J. Foyt, carried a special mystique as a thoroughbred high speed car. Foyt drove it to a world closed circuit speed record of over 257 miles per hour in 1987.