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Born December 3, 1937 in Miami, FL, one of 13 children (eight girls, five boys) to Edmond Jacob (E. J.) and Katherine Allison. He persuaded his mom to sign a release so he could race at Hialeah Speedway his senior year in high school. He was the high school football team manager, wore jersey number 41 on the sidelines and painted that number on the side of his '38 Chevy coupe. He started 40th in his first race in that amateur division and finished seventh - and the third race he ran, he won. The racing bug had bitten deeply, and he worked his way through
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