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In 1963, Pontiac upset the best cars in international GT racing, as
driver Paul Goldsmith piloted a compact Tempest LeMans fitted with a two-four-barrel 421 Super Duty
engine to a win in the Daytona 250
Challenge Cup race. Here, Goldsmith pushes the thundering Detroit iron past a
12-cylinder Ferrari GTO that's fighting for traction in the intermittent
rain, while A.J. Foyt in the Corvette trails behind. Goldsmith correctly
judged that the rain would run off the high banks of the track, leaving
him better adhesion on the outside. He won by several laps, averaging
145 mph, to beat the reigning two-year world champion Ferrari GTO. For
American racing fans, this win was indeed a break in the clouds.
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