Word: speedfiend
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...miles, set by the same man, and the fresh water mark of 92.834 set by his brother last summer in Detroit. The man was Garfield Wood, Gar Wood for short, and this was his answer to the disappointing race of a fortnight ago, won on points by the British speedfiend and automobile racer Henry O'Neil Dehane Segrave in a leaky boat at 61 m. p. h. With his record hung up, Gar Wood stepped out of his boat, forgot it, and set to work designing another boat to go even faster. His first racer was a panting dinghy...
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