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Two memories I really remember of that car. In the early days of WOO it was wing optional. It was up to the track. Kokomo wingless, Ferkel , no nerf bars to save weight.Him and Buckwheat get together ,and Buckwheat skies it. Goes as high as the light poles. Looks like its all over for Gates, it was coming down cage first. At the last moment it lands wheels down.Gates breaks his leg. He gets a cast on it. A couple of days later he breaks it of with a hammer, and makes one out of leather he ties on. One tough SOB.
Another time at Terre Haute,Levitt guts the motor going into 1. I mean he gutted it, pieces of crankshaft, with rods still attached laying on the track. It was one fast car, spectacular with Eddie on the cushion.
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