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The yellow Mark IV of Bruce McLaren\/Mark Donohue, wearing Number 2, finished 4th, with the Number 57 car of Paul Hawkins\/Ronnie Bucknum, a Mark IIB, retiring after 17 hours. A.J.Foyt passed the finish line 30 miles ahead of the Ferrari P4 of Scarfiotti\/Parkes, in the red Mark IV (Number 1) he shared with Dan Gurney, so proving the superiority of the so-called J-Cars and securing a new record distance of 3,249.6 miles at an average of 135.48 mph. However, the race was not without incident for Number 2. The car had a rear-hinged tail (that the Shelby team had objected to), which opened on the Mulsanne straight and was ripped off. 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