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Who wins the drag race at the end of the song "Living in the U.S.A."?

Question #126443. Asked by Datsmeharse.
Last updated Jul 20 2012.
Originally posted Jul 19 2012 9:49 PM.

sportsherald
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sportsherald
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"Livin' In The USA" was the Steve Miller Band...1968...(engine revving up).."pulls out ahead of the Howard Cam Special, and....he TAKES IT! The winner...Lefty Mudersbach..." -from

http://www.draglist.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=783&start=10 (6th message in thread, from WildcatOne)

Jul 20 2012, 12:22 AM

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Datsmeharse

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That's correct. Ironically Mudersbach had died during a testing run 2 1/2 years before the song's release, the recording was from a race about 1961 that had appeared on a sound effects record.

Jul 20 2012, 10:30 PM

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