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The Detroit. News 9-13-69
The winged stabilizer..; on
the rear is not an airspoiler
like the ones used on the
much lighter sports cars. The
purpose of the payton’s .wing
is to -use the two vertical
fins as stabilizers, like an
airplane’s. ' ’ ■
“My Daytona started to go
into a spin when I blew m
engine clown heretire test
ing,” said Bobby Allison,
“and those stabilizers took
right over and straightened
the car out. . '
THERE WILL BE at least
seven Daytonas . in tomor
row’s race. Their drivers feel
that they will be competitive
with the Fords for the first
time this year on a super
speedway.
The ‘Bama “400”. mile racs
for the smaller Pony cars to
day was not affected by the
tire troubles of the bigger cars.
