Pat Austin scored a double victory, winning...
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Pat Austin scored a double victory, winning both the top-fuel and alcohol funny-car titles at the $1-million NHRA Motorcraft-Ford Nationals at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Ariz.
It was only the second time a driver had won two national-event titles in the same day. Austin won the top-fuel title with a run of 5.061 seconds at 286.25 m.p.h. when the throttle stuck on Doug Herbert’s dragster in the final.
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