Auto Racing
The smallest field ever for a 500-mile race will take the green flag for today’s Marlboro 500 on the same track, although the 21 cars could make up in speed what they lack in numbers.
Starting with record-setting pole-winner Rick Mears at 225.169 m.p.h. and running to the slowest qualifier, Canadian John Jones at 200.198, the lineup is one of the fastest in auto racing history.
The 21 starters for the 500-miler breaks the previous record of 22 set in the 1924 Indianapolis 500 and equaled in 1925.
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