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- ↑ "Long Gone NASCAR Automakers" . Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ "Dan Gurney Pilots Ford to Riverside Riches". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. January 21, 1963. Retrieved 11 January 2025.