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Norbert Singer’s greatest song

Remember Drake Olson? Not sure we did. Briefly a rising star in IMSA, Olson made a single start in a works Rothmans Porsche 962, sharing No3 (chassis 002) with Vern Schuppan at the 1986 Le Mans 24 Hours. Following a pair of trouble-free stints from the Australian, Olson took over in seventh place but lasted all but half an hour before he was forced to pit with hydraulics dramas, then not long after stopped for good on the Mulsanne with a broken gearbox. Schuppan was switched to No2, Olson to the hospitality suite to entertain

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