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December in Racing History

Alfredo Brioschi buys a supposedly new, never raced, Alfa Romeo 2900A. In reality, it is that year’s Mille Miglia-winning car with a new body (1936).
Garie Cooper
Garie Cooper
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Jurgen Barth

1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long-distance high-speed records with an AMX (1967).

2 Peter Arundell wins a one-car “race” at Monza, Italy. Journalist Richard von Frankenberg had accused Lotus of using an illegal engine in Arundell’s car in a race there a few months earlier. He challenged them to match their race speed in an “inspected, standard” Lotus 22. Arundell bested his race average by 2.5 mph (1962).

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