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Word: wingfoot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...silly season had barely started when Illinois' Tom Green shocked speed-jaded Bonneville buffs by piloting Walt Arfons' Wingfoot Express to a new record of 413 m.p.h. It lasted just three days-until Walt's brother Art, 38, clocked 434 m.p.h. in his jet-powered Green Monster. That was enough to bring Old Bonneville Hand (407 m.p.h. in 1963) Craig Breedlove hustling back to the flats for another try in his three-wheeled Spirit of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Riding the Washboard | 11/6/1964 | See Source »

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