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COMPLETE
OFFICIAL
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RESULTS
Union/Pure Oil
Performance Trials
By Hartley W. Barclay
Editor and Publisher
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
Sixty Standard American Passenger Cars representing the products
of the “Big Four” manufacturers completed NASCAR supervised tests
at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla., in January.
The records established provide any analyst with data from which to com
pute his own estimate of a preferred choice of vehicle based on perform
ance tests.
All cars were purchased from showroom floors across the nation by
teams from NASCAR. Following purchase, cars were checked carefully
by NASCAR to insure that they were stock models. Then the vehicles
were impounded under a 24-hour guard until the actual trials started.
They also were scrutinized by vigilant NASCAR experts during the five
days of trials. Complete official results are reported herewith:
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