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Well, it didn't for me as I never heard of the endurance race and this was 1972.
Actually, it wasn't a "race". It was a combination durability test/advertising gimmick. I've been an automobile enthusiast all my life, as well as old enough to have been around, when that deal was run. I still remember the advertising jingle from the TV ads that they generated... A voice over chorus, singing "100,000 miles, at 100 miles per hour, on the banks of the rugged Big D", over some background music.
You are correct, they were just racing against time.
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Originally Posted by leadfoot4
Actually, it wasn't a "race". It was a combination durability test/advertising gimmick. I've been an automobile enthusiast all my life, as well as old enough to have been around, when that deal was run. I still remember the advertising jingle from the TV ads that they generated... A voice over chorus, singing "100,000 miles, at 100 miles per hour, on the banks of the rugged Big D", over some background music.
Below is a video giving a close up look of what the car actually looked like straight from the factory. The one in the video had been restored but it is an excellent detailed example of what the car looked like new.
I also stand corrected, the 100,000 mile endurance run wasn't a race against the other drivers but it was a race against time.
More then 100 records were set.
The second video gives a lot more detail about the complexity of the rules these cars, drivers, and pit crews had to follow.
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You are correct, they were just racing against time.
