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January 29, 2017 at 11:34 am
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I brought this up over a year ago but Carl K. also ran Chrysler stock cars emblazoned with Mercury on them. The early 1950s ran on speed and gas. Carl smartly figured out that outboards could be popularized by stock car racing. His cars had a captive advertising audience running around the tracks pushing their Mercury product. WI was a hotbed for NASCAR,and the Upper Midwest. Carl’s hard charging style was well played out in NASCAR and he was always feuding with his car drivers. The Chryslers were the famous "hemis" and speed was king!