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Three-time Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser sits down with the actual 1969 Ford Torino he drove to victory at Pikes Peak, a car built by a legendary crew including Bunkie Knudsen, Smokey Yunick, and Bill Stroppe. He had not seen it since 1969 — and it still survives in as-raced condition. Watch V8TV’s 200th episode for the full story, straight from the man who lived it.
Most Batman fans never knew George Barris built a Batmobile purely for drag racing, powered by a blueprinted Holman & Moody 427 side-oiler and driven by ‘Wild Bill’ Shrewsberry. It ran the quarter-mile in about 12 seconds at nearly 117 mph while touring dragstrips across North America from 1966 to 1968. Here’s the real racing story behind Batman’s other car.
