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THE 24 HOURS OF . . . ROY?(NEWS)(Brief article)
Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH
While the 47th-annual Rolex 24 at Daytona went down on the speedway, the 24 Hours of Roy Ogletree was under way in the infield, as the burly, redheaded 44-year-old ran nonstop on his personal watercraft around Lake Lloyd, the body of water created when Bill France dug out dirt to build the racetrack's banking. Every time action slowed on the track, the TV cameras turned to Ogletree.
Rounding a 1.1-mile rectangular course, Ogletree, of Columbus, Ga., attempted to get into the Guinness World Records book by covering the most distance in 24 hours on a personal watercraft, breaking the record of 640 miles set by Davor Hundic of ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, THE 24 HOURS OF . . . ROY?(NEWS)(Brief article)