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The Mighty Monsterati

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By Featured Editorials, Willem Oosthoek
| Sports Car Digest
Lots of car buffs have fantasized about designing and/or building their own four-wheeler at one time or another. Fewer have had the courage and stamina to actually follow their dream and construct one. Time and money were always the main obstacles. Building a sports racer that could compete with the best that Italy and England offered in the 1950s was an even harder proposition. Yet, one Texas college student, with little money and almost no help, succeeded very well in accomplishing this feat.
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Sports Car Racing at Dunnellon Park

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By Willem Oosthoek
| Sports Car Digest
Located in North Central Florida’s Marion County, Dunnellon is not a name often associated with sports car racing. The small, sleepy town is on the Rainbow River, close to the Gulf of Mexico. Nearby Ocala is much better known in racing circles, since it hosts Don Garlits’ Museum of Drag Racing. Yet for three years in the late ’50s and early ’60s, Dunnellon was the scene of fierce competition, sanctioned by two Regions of the Sports Car Club of America. It all started in 1958.
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