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Journal Article 
Improving racing-car bodies 
Phillips, LN 
1969 
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50-51 
Three pounds of carbon fibre incorporated into a glass-fibre reinforced racing car body can mean the difference between winning or losing a race. The GT40 carbon-fibre reinforced Ford won the 1968 Le Mans endurance race and surviving the year won its first race in 1969 and a second Le Mans.