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The unsuspecting combo that barnstormed the Daytona 500
Race fans will enjoy the 63rd running of the Daytona 500 later today, which reminds us that Mario Andretti is the only F1 driver in history to have won NASCAR's jewel-in-the-crown event. But even more remarkable is the fact that motorsport's greatest all-rounder achieved the feat in 1967 despite his own team's efforts to squash his chances! As a member of Ford's factory Le Mans program led by Holman Moody, Andretti was entrusted with the team's #11 Fairlane 427 for NASCAR's biggest race, having briefly sampled the '500' the year before. However, the 26-year-old burgeoning IndyCar star, who had just become an American citizen at the time, didn't get much respect from his team who pulled...
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