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The Detroit. News 9-13-69

                                          The winged stabilizer..; on
                                        the rear is not an airspoiler
                                        like the ones used on the
                                        much lighter sports cars. The
                                        purpose of the payton’s .wing
                                        is to -use the two vertical
                                        fins as stabilizers, like an
                                        airplane’s.       '    ’ ■
                                          “My Daytona started to go
                                        into a spin when I blew m
                                        engine clown heretire test­
                                        ing,” said Bobby Allison,
                                        “and those stabilizers took
                                         right over and straightened
                                         the car out.     . '
                                          THERE WILL BE at least
                                         seven Daytonas . in tomor­
                                         row’s race. Their drivers feel
                                         that they will be competitive
                                         with the Fords for the first
                                         time this year on a super­
                                         speedway.
                                          The ‘Bama “400”. mile racs
                                         for the smaller Pony cars to­
                                         day was not affected by the
                                         tire troubles of the bigger cars.
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