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Word: sleekest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first dozen drivers to make the field, eleven broke last year's record qualifying speed of 178.696 miles an hour. Bobby Unser's average for four laps of the 21-mile rectangular speedway was a phenomenal 195.940. That average was achieved in one of the sleekest new cars, an Eagle-Offenhauser designed by Los Angeleno Roman Slobodynskyj. Besides wings, the vehicle has air scoops streamlined into its sides, thus reducing the drag caused by nose scoops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winging It at Indy | 5/29/1972 | See Source »

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