During the mid-1960s, many Americans were obsessed with automobiles. Teenagers cruised the main drag through countless small towns on warm summer evenings. Families loaded up in their cars to attend drive-in movie theaters. They often watched movies about automobile racing like ‘Viva Las Vegas’ with Elvis Presley and Ann Margret or ‘The Great Race’ with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Auto racing was (and still is to some extent) a significant part of the American culture. Many Americans gathered around
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