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The Bitter Discord That Drove the Fastest Brothers on the Planet
Walt Arfons never smiled. Art Arfons had a big toothy grin. Walt was gaunt and quiet. Art was excitable, almost squeaky. Walt used Goodyear rubber. Art was a Firestone man. They went years without ...
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The Bonneville Jet Wars
In 1964, Breedlove returned to Bonneville, this time facing competition. Walt and Art Arfons worked out of adjacent junk-strewn lots in Akron, Ohio, separated by decades of estrangement.