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Barney Oldfield set a 1-mile speed record of 60

Thursday 19th June 1902

Barney Oldfield set a 1-mile speed record of 60.4 mph in the Ford ‘999’ at the Indianapolis Fairgrounds, Indiana, US – the first time th 60 mph had been broken on a closed track.

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