He never drove a sprinter that I know of, but he ran V8s (almost exclusively) on asphalt in a way that made pretty near everyone wonder if he had. Here's El Monte, California's (late and much lamented) Dave McDonald chewing up a field at Riverside that included sprinters Rodger W., Parnelli, and A. J., as well as road racing royalty like Jim Clark, Graham Hill, John Surtees, Dan Gurney, Roger Penske, Art Snyder, Bob Holbert, Pedro Rodriguez, Walt Hansgen, Lance Reventlow, Jim Hall, Augie Pabst, Bob Bondurant and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Uv8iimrKA
And a week later, he did the same thing at Laguna Seca.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1bNWF5gY1g
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