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AutoWeek, January, 2007
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Thompson murder verdict The former business partner of land-speed record-setter Mickey Thompson was found guilty Jan. 4 of murdering the racing legend and his wife, Trudy, after a business deal collapsed 18 years ago. A Los Angeles County jury convicted Michael Frank Goodwin, 61, of hiring two hit men to commit the murders.
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Neither of the gunmen has been identified in the slayings, which occurred March 16, 1988, outside Thompson's Bradbury, California, home. Thompson, the first American to hit 400 mph in a piston-engine vehicle, set 295 speed records in his ...
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