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...engine note changed from smooth to bombing-raid violent as the device interrupted detonation in certain cylinders. And according to many experts, it reduced driver skill in the racing equation. The sublimely skilled driver with impeccable throttle control in slippery conditions was brought down to the level of the leadfoot who simply pounded the accelerator and hung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showing Their Metal | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

Cartoonist Medley went to work on the lyrics. Joe ("Leadfoot") Darensbourg, a clarinetist with Kid Ory and His "Flat Out" Five, turned out a gutbucket background. Sample lyric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Real Hogbear | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

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