Rick Mears ran a lap at 221.682...
Rick Mears ran a lap at 221.682 m.p.h. at Michigan International Speedway in the opening practice for Sunday’s Marlboro 500.
Mears, who set the track qualifying time of 223.401 in 1986, was the fastest driver on the two-mile oval.
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