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Once Upon a Time, Japan's Fuji Speedway Was Defined by This Now-Forgotten Banked Turn

This story originally appeared in Volume 30 of Road & Track.
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This 102-Year-Old Man Just Became the Oldest Person on Record to Summit Japan’s Mount Fuji

Kokichi Akuzawa is an experienced climber who trained for his journey up the mountain by walking for one hour every morning ...

Fuji Speedway Was Once Defined by Its Forgotten Banked Turn

The track originally planned as an oval (with the help of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr.) has lived on as a mainstay of ...