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Barney Oldfield, driving a Fiat at Des Moines Speedway in Iowa, US set an unofficial 5-mile World’s Record of 3 minutes and 1

Sunday 25th July 1915

Barney Oldfield, driving a Fiat at Des Moines Speedway in Iowa, US set an unofficial 5-mile World’s Record of 3 minutes and 1.62 seconds.

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