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Lee alan shepherd august 30, 1944 march 11, 1985 was an american drag racing driver from arlington, texas. Hes piloted just about every form of car and truck fast through the curves of watkins glen to the wild of baja, and even spent some time as the chief test driver for motor trend magazine. In his fouryear racing career, macdonald competed in 118 races with 52 victories and 75 topthree finishes. In 20, he and son buddy formed lazier partners racing, with buddy making four indianapolis 500 starts. So on a gorgeous morning i felt it was required to open up the roof and commute in from. The truth behind what caused paul walkers fatal crash the drive. Widely considered to be the worst accident amongst them is the 1955 crash at le mans that killed driver pierre levegh and approximately 80 spectators with over 100 being injured in total. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The death of hollywood actor james dean occurred on september 30, 1955, near cholame, california. Corvettemods stocks a deep inventory of c6 corvette replacement seats with free shipping. In november of 20, paul walker and roger rodas were hanging out at an.
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