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List of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs. This is a list of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs, including airworthy planes and planes on display. Lynn Garrison with RCAF 9281 – 44–73973, 403 Squadron, RCAF 1956. Subsequently, flown during 1969 Football War as FAS 407. Returned to America by Jerry Janes and flown as "Cottonmouth".
Briggs Cunningham. Briggs Swift Cunningham II (January 19, 1907 – July 2, 2003) was an American entrepreneur and sportsman. He is best known for skippering the yacht Columbia to victory in the 1958 America's Cup race, and for his efforts as a driver, team owner, and constructor in sports car racing, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Main articles: Honda 200, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Showdown, and B&L Transport 170. The course had first hosted SportsCar racing in 1963 as part of the United States Road Racing Championship. The race was 168 mi (270 km) and was won by Ken Miles. The race would be held until the race series was folded in 1968, but the race would return as a 6-hour ...
Future Indy 500 winner Mauri Rose of Dayton was second. 1934-1935 - The Speedway Manager was Paul Ackerman. 1936 - On June 4, 1936, the entire track was repaved with asphalt and promised to be the fastest track of its design in the world. 1937 - Track was purchased by Frank Funk. 1939 - The track was converted to a high-banked 1/2 mile.
Art Arfons. Arthur Eugene Arfons (February 3, 1926 – December 3, 2007) was the world land speed record holder three times from 1964 to 1965 with his Green Monster series of jet-powered cars, after a series of Green Monster piston-engine and jet-engined dragsters. He subsequently went on to field a succession of Green Monster turbine-engined ...
Danny Thompson. Michael Lee " Mickey " Thompson (December 7, 1928 – March 16, 1988) was an American auto racing builder and promoter. A hot rodder since his youth, Thompson increasingly pursued land speed records in his late 20s and early 30s. [ 1 ] He achieved international fame in 1960, when he became the first American to break the 400-mph ...
Eldora Speedway (nicknamed " The Big E ", " Auto Racing's Showcase Since 1954," and " The World's Greatest Dirt Track ") is a 0.5 mi (804.672 m) high-banked clay dirt oval. Located north of Rossburg, Ohio in the village of New Weston, Ohio, its website claims capacity for 22,886 spectators in the permanent grandstand, and unlimited admittance ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 August 2024. American sports car (built 1963–1966) Cheetah number 002, aluminum-bodied An original 1964 Cheetah on track at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed The Bill Thomas Cheetah was an American sports car designed and engineered entirely with American components, and built from 1963 to 1966 by ...