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Car number 118 is the Class D Modified Roadster entered as the Krays Auto Parts Special out of San Francisco. It’s seen in the pits at Bonneville in 1955. The car was powered by an Oldsmobile V-8 engine and was timed at 128.38 mph for a 7th in class on the ’52 record of 170.04. Niekamp & Peterson ran 208.64 mph for a 1st in class and upped the record to 203.34 mph. Note the ’54 Merc on the left with the screen covering the grill as salt protection.
©AHRF/Mario Baffico Collection.
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