Editing Max Papis (section)

=="Mad Max"==
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Papis earned the nickname "Mad Max" at the 1996 [[24 Hours of Daytona]] during his last stint at the end of the race. Although his second-place [[Ferrari 333SP]] had been battered due to collisions, some of its bodywork held together by tape, Papis unlapped himself by passing the race leader (the Doyle Racing [[Riley Technologies|Riley & Scott]]-[[Oldsmobile]] driven by [[Wayne Taylor]]) and proceeded to set some of the fastest laps of the entire race. Taylor was nursing his car around the track due to an overheating problem and otherwise would have been able to cruise to a win, but Papis' pace and the slowing Oldsmobile suggested that Papis could theoretically take the win from him. Papis' speed was achieved at the cost of maximum fuel consumption. At one point late in the race, Papis came into the pits for fuel, spectacularly racing down the pit lane at near full speed. (Pit lane speed limits were imposed the next year). Taylor was still ahead by 64 seconds at the end of the race.