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. In 1931, he performed a remarkable feat when his ''

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.Kettlewell, Mike. "Indianapolis: The Richest Race in the World", in Northey, Tom, ed. ''World of Automobiles'' (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 9, p.1015. He died in

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, aged 75.

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