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Originally Posted by Bob Womack
Isn't that the one where they developed the air cannons to literally blow the cars off the track for the crashes?
Bob
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The movie that used air cannons to launch race cars was Grand Prix. This link should take you to the cover of Popular Mechanics March 67. The cover shot is below and the link will get the full magazine. On page 77 the article starts with lots of photos of the race cars set up with camers etc.
http://books.google.com/books?id=RdQ...20Prix&f=false
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