The record-setting Rare Bear is a highly modified F8F Bearcat that has been competing in air races since 1969.

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He had a South American bearcat draped over his head.

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He has 17 warbirds--World War II fighters such as the Rare Bear, a Grumman F8F Bearcat that has set records as the world's fastest piston-driven plane, hitting 528 mph.

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Gone are such marques as the Speedwagon, the Bearcat, the Delta 88 and the Roadrunner, as well as more deserving-to-be-buried names like the Pinto, the Edsel and the Gremlin.

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