Thread: Firsts and Lasts in Motorsports
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The first turbocharged racing car to start on the pole in a World Championship event was Freddie Agabasian's Kurtis Kraft/Cummins Diesel Special in the 1952 Indianapolis 500. It would not happen again until Jean-Pierre Jabouille started P1 in the turbo Renault at the 1979 South African Grand Prix.
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