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Old 12-30-2007, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
Did'ja know that in the mid 1930's, Clessie CUMMINS built diesel powered cars that he raced at the Indianapolis 500?
Yup! One year his diesel came in 1st in the qualifying round, and was like like in 6th place during the race, until the turbo sucked up to much dirt from the track and died