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Old July 21st 05, 01:00 AM
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There are jet dragsters that still hold absolute quarter mile records
as far as I know.

The Fords-with chassis designed by Eric Broadley, built in England-did
win one-two-three, by edict of Ford, which cost Ken Miles the
championship and made Ford look like ****heads, because they were. It
was a Phyrric victory that did NOTHING for Ford in the US and hurt them
elsewhere and only elevated the status of Enzo Ferrari as the greatest
race car constructor of all time and all the world over-without winning
Indianapolis, as Maserati did (with no help from the works-twice) and
P&W almost did (save the stupidity of chassis designers) with only the
gift of a junk unairworthy training engine.

Of the ten most expensive vintage race cars in the world, at least
eight are Ferraris.

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