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This day in racing history: Fangio gets kidnapped

By alley - Feb 23, 2015, 7:48 AM ET

Another gem recalled by those afficionados of racing's past at thisdayinmotorsporthistory.com... 57 years ago today, five-time Formula 1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio was kidnapped in Cuba by a group of Fidel Castro's rebels, preventing him from taking part in that country's Grand Prix. Two unmasked gunmen of Fidel Castro's...

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