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Maximum Speed: Super Speedway 1970


Two and a half miles of special compound concretes. Super stock cars provided by Detroit. The drivers drawn into an upward spiral of speed, size, and money. Learned was that when a car won on Sunday, sales went up on Monday. Specially engineered. Cost in the millions. Progress.

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