Word: mcgriff
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...last 115-mile leg from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to the border was unpaved. The temperature hit 105°. In the end, the race got down to two dogged U.S. drivers: 22-year-old Hershel McGriff, part owner of an auto-repair shop in Portland, Ore., driving a 1950 Oldsmobile, and Tommy Deal of El Paso, driving a Cadillac. But McGriff's six-day time was better than Deal's by one minute, 16 seconds. Victory was worth 150,000 pesos ($17,000) to him, Co-Driver Pay Elliott and their backers...
Though no Mexican finished above eighth, the country was well pleased. The race furnished convincing proof to U.S. tourists that the border-to-border highway is ready for use: Winner McGriff's average driving speed down the full length of Mexico was 79 m.p.h...