Tank McNamara 8 November: horse-and-buggy races next?
Carl Fink
high-tech-looking helmets but requires the use of decades-obsolete engines?
http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara/2009/11/08/
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aemeijers
> A carburetor? Is there really a professional racing circuit that wears
> high-tech-looking helmets but requires the use of decades-obsolete engines?
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> http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara/2009/11/08/
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how to spell it either). Keep in mind, their cars are also still
rear-wheel-drive v8s, which are close to unavailable at dealerships any
more, other than in trucks and a few retro and/or Australian-based cars.
So called 'stock cars' have had nothing to do with anything you or I can
buy for about 20 years now. They hide it with the faux painted-on
headlights and grilles and such, but for the past couple of years, they
all even use the same bodies. They are purpose-built, and just happen to
be sponsored by car companies. Not at all like the old days, when you
buy something with some interchangeable parts down at the dealer, and
the factory had to sell so many cars of a certain shape before they
could race them.
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Joy Beeson
Horse-and-buggy races never stopped, and are now more popular than
ever.
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> Horse-and-buggy races never stopped, and are now more popular than
> ever.
A point.
Blinky the Wonder Wombat
> Horse-and-buggy races never stopped, and are now more popular than
> ever.
>
Like this?
Mike B
>> Horse-and-buggy races never stopped,
>> and are now more popular than ever.
Do you refer to what they term (at a racetrack
not too far from me) "harness racing?"
aemeijers
Oh, I daresay that even though sanctioned horse-and-buggy races (like
harness racing) have niche popularity, the modern totals will likely
never approach the informal race numbers of a hundred-plus years ago.
Any time you had 2 young men on a country road without grownups around,
a race likely ensued. Just like young men and motor vehicles today, or
when you put a 2-year-old next to a ladder - they WILL try to climb it.
They can't help it. It is in the hardwiring.
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