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Re: Off to the track
From: Fast1970Vette(at)webtv.net (dave)
Subject: Re: Off to the track
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 16:18:28 -0500 (CDT)
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...and we are talking in the `eigth` mile , right ?!
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`Wrap your be-hind in fiberglass , and drive a piece of Americana`
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From: <Hobbes(at)CalvinBall.com>
Subject: Re: Off to the track
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Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 18:53:48 -0400
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Diode wrote:
> It takes some pretty big balls to race funny cars. At least the
> rails have the engine sticking out behind you so when it blows up,
> all of the flames and shrapnel get left behind you. In the funny
> cars, you`re in a closed environment with the engine in front of you.
> Many years ago Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowny got burned pretty badly in
> a funny car. She never raced funny cars again after that. They ARE
> awesome to look at though... Anybody else remember the origin of the
> term "funny car"? 2 free pictures of dave`s "big block" to the
> winner.
I am stumped. I have a guess, though. The called them funny cars because
the entire body (which is lifted up on a single point at the rear) is
stretched really long so it can cover the 125" frame. They just look, well;
*funny*.
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Klecko`s Komrades. All the way in 2003
From: <Ev>
Subject: Re: Off to the track
Date: 5 Oct 2003 19:29:10 -0500
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Sweet Cal.....just fix that ground and you will be ready to launch
take care
Ev
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