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Driven to the Past: Getting Detroit’s Attention…

October 4, 2026October 22, 2010 by John Potts

I’ve mentioned the late Tommy Thompson and the Motor City 250 NASCAR Grand National event at the Detroit Fairgrounds in 1951 before in this column.

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