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Vault Visit | A lap around V.I.R. with Jim Fitzgerald

On April 25, 1970, we found out what it was like to ride in a race car.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Have you ever wondered what it was like to ride in a race car? Well, on April 25, 1970, we found out! 

Racecar driver and Clemmons native, Jim Fitzgerald took WFMY News 2's camera on a ride! 

They mounted the camera on a rollbar of Fitzgerald's Datsun Roadster as he completed a lap on the 3.27-mile Virginia International Raceway  (VIR) track. 

Fitzgerald's career was just as impressive. During his 30-year career, he won more than 350 auto races.

He is the winningest driver in the sports car club in American history. 

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