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NASCAR pit crews members have refined the pitstops into a science, reducing, the World record of 17.695 seconds in 2001 by Matt Kenseth's Roush Racine Team, to just over 12 sec for changing four times tires, adding 24 gal. of fuel, and adjusting the suspension. Pitstops require the same hand-eye coordination necessary in most traditional sports as no longer can the best driver with the fastest car count on winning races if he has second-rate pitstops.

Author: Cotter, Tom
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Road & Track
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0035-7189
Year: 2005
General services, Maintenance and repair, Automobiles, Racing, Race cars, World records, Automobile racing teams

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The mouse that roared: 40th anniversary of the Mini Cooper's Monte Carlo victory

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The Mini car won the Monte Carlo rally in 1965 and to celebrate that historic occasion, two cars of the same version had passed through the French Alps. This car was designed to be a family car by Alec Issigonis in 1956 when the fuel for English motorists was restricted to 10 gallons per month.

Author: Cotter, Tom
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Road & Track
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0035-7189
Year: 2004
Automobile racing, Mini Cooper (Automobile), Monte Carlo Rally (Automobile race)

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Sport or show business?

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Several views of experts for defining demarcation line of sport or show business are presented. Experts reveal that if the race takes place in front of packed grand stands and large TV audiences, it is an entertainment, but a race being held without audience is a sport.

Author: Cotter, Tom
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Road & Track
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0035-7189
Year: 2005
Evaluation, Sports car events

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