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Where everyone knows your name: tales from the Indy motel

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Radical changes in the Indianapolis 500 has changed the race's overall climate. Indy's new rules has caused the absence of those drivers and car owners who gave the Indy the unique character which suffused not only the race track but pervaded even the motel that is home to Indy visitors.

Author: Posey, Sam
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Road & Track
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0035-7189
Year: 1997
Personal narratives, Indianapolis 500 (Automobile race), 1997 AD

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A towering opportunity: Lime Rock gets an artful Start/Finish tower

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The design of a new Start/Finish tower for the Lime Rock Park race track in Connecticut is described. The project, which Michelin agreed to sponsor in Sep 1997, came with the condition that the tower be completed by the 1998 Memorial Day weekend.

Author: Posey, Sam
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Road & Track
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0035-7189
Year: 1998
Design and construction, Buildings and facilities, Towers, Towers (Structures)

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Wind wagon

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The wind wagon was a wacky and wonderful machine created by Teddy to fulfill his dream of building a plane. The wind wagon tested for road racing had a propeller and a V-twin engine and was revived after seventy years.

Author: Posey, Sam
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Road & Track
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0035-7189
Year: 2004
United States, Use of energy, Usage, Energy use, Wind power, Wagons

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Subjects list: Racetracks (Automobile racing), Racetracks (Automotive racing)
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