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During the late '40's, early '50's when Jalopy/Stock car racing was the rage Hudson's pretty well ruled the tracks. The Hudson six cylinder was very reliable and fast, which was very important in stock car racing.
Hudson, Packard and Studebaker barely survived The great Depression, however, they came out of WWII flush with money due to all the war contracts they had. Unfortunetly they wasted a large portion of their new found wealth on dividend's to their stock holder's in lieu of R & D to modernize their product line.