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The Burke Lesage Story

 
The Burke Lesage Story
The Burke Lesage Story
Go ahead and call them mail slots. That's Gene Thurman's '27 T with an injected rear engine 331ci Chrysler Hemi that Burke drove at Bonneville in 1955. Thurman was more a builder than a driver, so Burke got the call. "We were in the Competition Coupe Class, the same class as the Chrisman Brother's coupe. I spun it out 170 mph ... I went around a dozen or more times," Burke says. "There was a hatch that opened at the top where I climbed in." View Related Article
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