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Daytona Beach - Winter Speed Carnival 1903 - 1935
1919 - Ralph DePalma Driving Champion and winner of hundreds of races, sets
new 1 mile record driving 905 cubic inch V-12 Packard on beach at 149.875
mph. DePalma also sets World Records for distances of 2 to 20 miles and
standing mile. His standing mile record of 92.713 mph is unbroken for 36
years.
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Littlefish wrote:
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> Shit my RX does the quarter mile with a terminal of 97 mph
Ralphy's standing mile speed was an average speed for the mile, from a
standing start. His record was a 38.8 second mile, from a standing
start.