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The press release was finally posted on the wire for Jay Leno’s three standing start records in a Porsche Carrera GT
at Talladega Super Speedway over the Labor Day weekend. David Donohue, the son of Mark Donahue who set a series of
similar records at Talladega nearly 30 years ago, drove the GT to three flying-speed records for a production car
including a closed-course speed record (196.301), measured mile (198.971) and measured kilometer (195.755). While the
records were being made Porsche decided to donate the Carrera GT to an auction that will raise money for Hurricane
Katrina victims.
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