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    Buick: Racing’s forgotten (V-6!) juggernaut - Hagerty …

    • Through the 1980s and into the early ’90s, Buick competed and won in IndyCar, NASCAR Winston Cup, IMSA Camel GTP, Camel Lights and GT, and NHRA drag racing and participated in pursuit of world s… See more

    Intrigue and Drama from The Beginning

    Buick was a 10-year industry veteran horseless carriage manufacturer when the Indianapolis Speedway opened in 1909 with the running of the 250-mile Prest-O-Lite Troph… See more

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    Later

    Buick introduced the Dynaflash 8, a 5.2-liter, 320-cubic-inch straight eight-cylinder engine, into production in 1931, and Indy car team owner Phil Shafer used one to power his … See more

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    Age of The V-6

    A few years later, after selling the compact 215-cu-in V-8, Buick also sold its similar-sized, but much cheaper, 231-cu-in, 3.8-liter V-6 engine to American Motors. When the OPEC … See more

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    Important Influence

    Sports Illustratedsaid the Buick was “perhaps the racing powerplant of the future.” Buick ran at Indy through 1992 but never did win the race due to the vicissitude… See more

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