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“WILD BILL” FITZGERALD – STARTED RACING AT 16 AND NEVER LOOKED BACK

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Posted on: Saturday December 3, 2022

When Manitowoc, Wisconsin’s “Wild Bill” Fitzgerald had his mother Cecelia sign a waiver so he could begin racing at 16 in the late 1940s she literally shed tears.

Despite that Fitzgerald never looked back and wound up racing in several states from coast-to-coast in a racing career spanning several decades. Listen to his story here!

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