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Bottom post of the previous page:

Kyle Larson looked incredibly fast... but.. his brother in law once again outdid him
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Brian Redman: "Mr. Fangio, how do you come so fast?" "More throttle, less brakes...."
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acerogers58 wrote: 3 years ago "sets a new track record" "Qualifying with his incredible 9.995 sec. lap!" "The original record was 10.115 sec."
A tenth (alright, .12) of a second? Cool?, yeah. But, incredible? 'Doesn't stir my loins. :mrgreen:
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erwin greven wrote: 3 years ago
Hell, if I found it, I'd buy it and repaint it quick!!! :suspicious: :whistling:

Now, if it were the P68, I don't think a re-paint would quite do...... :mrgreen:

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Shame the P68/P69 Spyder did not perform as well as they looked. Gorgeous looking car though.

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Git it right.... The 68 & 69 themselves performed just fine. Sorrowfully, just not for very long........ :(
And that was mainly on the Cossie that was never meant for endurance racing anyway, especially that early on in it's lifetime. :down:

Regarding the gorgeous bit, you're right. As a matter of fact, when there's a thread about "best looking" race cars, I always forget about them.

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There’s only 21 cars entered for the ARCA race at Talladega this week, compared to 36 just 3 years ago, really worried about this series now it’s been bought by NASCAR.
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Only 7 cars finished on the lead lap and that was without any accidents, some are calling it the worst race in ARCA history.
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Tsk, tsk, tsk.

There was a time, not so many years ago (well, a few), that it was lucky for seven cars (slight exaggeration) to even finish a race period, let alone seven on the lead lap. ;)

Whilst reviewing, I noticed Davey (Allison) won 3 'Degas in a row; his 4th separated by a Red (Farmer) win. This was topped by Grant Addcox.....the following 'Dega races to boot.....winning 4 in a row, his 5th separated, coincidentally, again, by Red's 2nd 'Dega win. Eleven 'Degas in a row, '83-'88; won by three guys. Who'da' thunk....? :omg:

Back when a good car builder could dominate (look at JJ's 5 rapid fire Cup championships); unlike the pot luck, "levelled playing field", of today. :)
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World of Outlaws racer Mark Dobmeier suffered a serious back injury last night and has had surgery today, no further details were given, apparently it was a bad landing after a flip.
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Update: He shattered his L4 vertebra and fractured his L3
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Has he pee'd yet? :tongue:
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jimclark wrote: 3 years ago Has he pee'd yet? :tongue:
?
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PTRACER wrote: 3 years ago
jimclark wrote: 3 years ago Has he pee'd yet? :tongue:
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You have not installed the "Jim Clark > Proper English" plug in yet?
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erwin greven wrote: 3 years ago
PTRACER wrote: 3 years ago
jimclark wrote: 3 years ago Has he pee'd yet? :tongue:
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You have not installed the "Jim Clark > Proper English" plug in yet?
:haha:

I think it would be a good idea, I'm lost 50% of the time.
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PTRACER wrote: 3 years ago
jimclark wrote: 3 years ago Has he pee'd yet? :tongue:
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Ace knows. ;)
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