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Pontiac Grand Prix: Information from Answers.com (4584 words) |
 | Vertical grille inserts replacing the horizontal bars of the 1969, movement of "Grand Prix" nameplates from the lower cowls to the rear C-pillars and the vertical hashmarks from the C-pillars down to the lower cowls. |
 | Grand Prix sales soared to an all-time high of over 270,000 units for 1977, the last year for this bodystyle, despite competition from a newly-downsized and lower-priced Ford Thunderbird introduced this year and a restyled Mercury Cougar XR-7 whose bodyshell switched to the T-Bird this year from the discontinued Ford Torino/Mercury Montego. |
 | The last Grand Prix coupe rolled off the assembly line on July 19, 2002, and the coupe was replaced by the Pontiac GTO for 2004. |
| 1969 United States Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (996 words) |
 | The 1969 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 5, 1969 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. |
 | Jochen Rindt survived an early duel with newly-crowned Champion and close friend Jackie Stewart and claimed his first Grand Prix victory, the first ever by an Austrian. |
 | Tragically, Rindt would be killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix the following season, but not until he had won five more races. |