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The Speed Sport roadster campaigned by Lyle Fisher, "Red" Greth, and Don Maynard, one of the more popular cars of its era, produced record-setting performances from 1956 through the early 1960s. Powered by a 354-cid rear-mounted Chrysler Hemi, the 1,500-pound roadster stunned observers with a speed record of 160.14 mph at the 1957 ATAA World Series and finished the year with a clocking of 169.11 in Tucson, Ariz. Other records include an 8.03, 175.78 in March 1960; a 180.72 backed up by a 179.28 on Oct. 2, 1960; and the Drag News 1320 Standard Modified Fuel Roadster speed mark of 183.67 eight days later in Alton, Ill.

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The Speed Sport roadster remained competitive well into the mid-1960s, qualifying for Top Fuel at the 1963 AHRA Winternationals and making its final appearance at the 1964 Bakersfield March Meet.

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