Holy Grail! The One Minute Mile!

This article highlights the first ever lap of a mile track in under 60 seconds as achieved by Barney Oldfield on a Tom Cooper prepared Ford "999" racer. This was the first race car designed by Henry Ford. Oldfield pulled it off at the Indiana State Fairgrounds dirt horse track on June 20, 1903.

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