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The little oval in Augusta, Ga.

Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

Michael,Come out to the Augusta 500 celebration this Saturday. It will be held at the Diamond Lakes Library, which is located between the pit road and front straightaway of the old road course.Johnny

100,000 Mile Comets

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Pete and Dennis,They ran for forty days and forty nights! http://www.dipity.com/timeline/1964-Mercury-Comet-Caliente There are two videos about the durability run.Johnny Dennis Andrews said:

Johnny,
Seems like I remember reading something about this in the lastest book about "Bud Moore Man and Machine". I don't remember the year that was in the book but if Mercury was involved Bud was too. I'll look it up and let you know. Dennis

100,000 Mile Comets

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Do any of you remember when Ford had five 1964 Comets at Daytona in late 1963 to run for endurance records? Four of them went the 100,000 miles and a local racer, Howard 'H.G' Rosier was one of the drivers. He was the guest speaker at the local AIRPS meeting this month. Here's the only link I have been able to find, thus far;

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20803?1=1

Johnny

updated by @john-r-johnny-hollins: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Hot Rod Deluxe's faux April issue does an indepth feature on the vintage racers.

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Way cool! Harvey Tollison is gonna love the Tiny photo.

Pray for Larry Pearson

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I have only read what's in the news. Broken ankle repaired, pelvis surgery needed at a later date. I will continue to pray for him and his family.

Best drivers to turn a wheel at the Augusta half mile

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Joe Penland, Cale Yarborough, Fred Lorenzen, Tom Ingram, Weldon Adams, Ned Jarrett and Roy Trantham are my top seven!