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Old 12-22-2025, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Jack Gifford View Post
Reading a 1949 Hot Rod magazine article about a dry lakes event, I was amused that "Mickey Thompson failed for the sixth time in six events to make a successful run".
Wow= he surely make up for lost time in the following years!
Probably gremlins !
Hard to make a car go that fast for that long without some issues popping up. Or could have been he just added forced induction.

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