Barney Oldfield drives a streamlined Miller with fully enclosed cockpit, called the “Golden Sub,” to new 1-mile (80 mph), 5-mile (77.2 mph), 25-mile (75.4 mph), and 50-mile (73.5 mph) speed records (1917).
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1 George Follmer drives a Ford-powered Lotus 70 to victory in the L&M Continental Formula A race at St. Jovite, Quebec, Canada (1970).
2 Multiple Le Mans 24-Hour-race winner Frank Biela is born in Neuss, Germany (1964).
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