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The Kiwi Coupe A 3.67 Miles A Minute Bonneville Success Story

BECAUSE this year’s Speed Week was to be essentially shake-down runs for the Kiwi Coupe and the southern-based team, their results exceeded expectations on numerous fronts. Arriving in San Francisco a week before leaving for the salt gave Dunedin’s Owen Jones, Chris Barnes from Riverton and their crew plenty of time to unpack the Kiwi Coupe at their Concord base. Once the car was unloaded, and gear sorted they got down to the tasks at hand. One of the first things to be done was to erect a gazebo to give some shade from the near 40 degree-heat. The Kiwi Coupe required the

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