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Veteran Drag Racer Killed al Lions’ StripPete Peiric, 37, was the fourth fatality in the 111-year history of the Long Beach Lions’ Drag Strip late Saturday night.The Long Beach driver was killed when hisRucker-Nelson1' dragster hit a guard rail and spun into the air like a top following a qualifying run lt;Sown the quarler-miie straightaway. The powerful car flipped about 3C feel in ihe air and rolled over several times,Pelrie was dead on arrival a I Long Beach Memorial Hospital, Pefrie’s vehicle was estimated at traveling 185 mph when H veered !o the left, struck the guard fence and was flipped when the front left wheel ea tight ir. the fence,Roy Thode of Inglewood won the lap fuel eliminator eompe-tilion, with a speed of 200 mph a:«i elapsed time of 7.S5 seconds.
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Pasadena Independent
Pasadena, California, US
Mon, Apr 19, 1965
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