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Janet Guthrie became the first woman to qualify for both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 in 1977
In 1977, Janet Guthrie did something no woman had done before. She qualified for the Daytona 500 in February, and then for the Indianapolis 500 in May. Janet Guthrie…
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10 cars from the 1940s so powerful they seemed almost too wild for the drag strip
The 1949 Rocket 88 paired Oldsmobile’s lightest body with a new 135-horsepower overhead-valve V8, and stock car drivers noticed at once. Olds 88s won five of the first eight…
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Warren Harding was the first president-elect driven to his inauguration, riding in a Packard Twin Six
On March 4, 1921, Warren G. Harding rode to the Capitol in a Packard Twin Six, and the Harding inauguration car became a turning point. No president-elect before him…
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9 Mercedes-Benz models quietly proving impossible to wear out
Taxi drivers across Germany once ran their W123s past 500,000 kilometers with only minor repairs, and the Mercedes-Benz 300TD estate came from that same tough family. That kind of…
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