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Autos: Off to the Races

Amid the full-throated roar of straining engines and the squeals of hot rubber biting into turns, a 1963 Ford Galaxie blazed across the finish line last week to win the Atlanta "500" stock car race. Ford also had entries in last week's Sebring twelve-hour endurance race in Florida, will have aluminum Ford engines powering two racers in the Indianapolis "500" Memorial Day. In fact, Ford is racing all over these days, openly defying both its critics and a six-year-old industry pledge against racing or ballyhooing of speed and horsepower in order to...

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