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Posted by Don in Missouri [71.54.209.154] on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 10:38:49 :
In Reply to: Re: 1952 posted by Joe Cimoch [68.189.252.175] on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 21:56:17 :
Clessie Cummins and the Duesenberg brothers became the first Indy racer to complete the Indy 500 without a pit stop. The car got 16 mpg, used $1.55 worth of kerosene, a quart of oil, averaged 86 mph, and finished 12th.
That same year they hit 100.75 mph at Daytona