New Gas Cans For 2011 In The Sprint Cup Series

Gone from the 2011 Nascar Sprint Cup series is the catch can man, and in are new ventilated fuel filler cans that will hold the new E15 ethanol based gas that the Sprint Cup drivers will be using to power their cup cars for the new season. This is where things are going to get interesting.In the past the job of the catch can man was not only to catch the gas coming out of the car when the tank was full,but also to adjust the right height of the rear of the car as it pitted,if adjustments needed to be made. In the past the gas guy was always done fueling the car before the tire changers were done with their job, but with the new ventilated...

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Ormond Beach Florida "The Birthplace of Speed"

Many people recognize the salt flats in Utah as the place where land speed records are held, but what a lot of people don't know is that this all started in 1902 on Ormond Beach in Fl. In 1902 many daredevils figured out that Ormond Beach was the perfect place to go fast and to break land speed records. It was long and flat and in the beginning there was plenty of room to go 127 miles an hour. They started over in Ormond Beach and as the times got faster they used Daytona Beach as the shut down area. When a driver was scheduled to make an attempt at the record the Daytona Beach fire station (which still stands) located on the corner of Beach...

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