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j NZPA Brighton, England The world champion racing driver, Mario Andretti, overslept and missed the start, and tr.r United States Ambassador, Kingman Brewster jun., rode in a 1904 Speedwell Dogcart in the annua) London-to-Brighton vintage. car run yesterday. Tlie procession of 2«0 vintage models built before 1905 left from London’s Hyde Park Corner on an unseasonably warm day. First to cross the finishing line after the 91km run to Brighton was local farmer. Paul Pickvance, driving a 78-year-old Darracq. He took 2hr 40mln
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