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- ↑ "Modified Ace Wetmore is back in the groove". The Palladium-Times. May 10, 1991. p. 6. Retrieved September 5, 2023– via The NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ↑ "Stock car hall of fame to get a permanent home". Times Union (Albany). December 28, 2004. p. B4. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
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