Freddie Agabashian causes a major upset by winning the pole and upping the single-lap qualifying mark to 139.104 mph, his powerplant being a diesel. The Cummins Engine Company of nearby Columbus, Indiana, has placed one of its hefty 401-cubic-inch truck engines, laid on its side, into a low-slung Kurtis chassis and boosted it with an ingenious implement, which, while not listed as such at the time, is the track%u2019s first-ever turbocharger. The latter turns out to be the car%u2019s undoing. Because the inlet has inadvisably been placed down in front of the engine and directly behind the grille, it becomes blocked with rubber particles and causes the engine to overheat after 71 laps.

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