Re: NASCAR engineers never would have allowed Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia to take off. "If that bird ain't safe, we ...

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From: Jim Chandler
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:16

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TColspamnot@toast.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:23:51 -0500, "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws>
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Sooooooooooo the good ol boys at  NASCARaren't running it,
>>so "woulda, coulda, shoulda" just doesn't cut it.
>>
> 
> 
> NASCAR?  Isn't that the silly pasttime pursued by frustrated wannabe
> athletes who drive cars and chase each other around an oval track.  That's
> about as exciting as watching traffic lights change in Cary! 
> 
> Ray H..

You ought to try it some time, Ray.  It takes quite an athlete to 
wrestle those cars around for three, four or five hours in temperatures 
of 100+ degrees.  I do agree that supertrack racing can get boring but 
short track, especially dirt, can be quite exciting.

JimC (former driver on dirt)

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