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...aerodynamics are so good, you can pretty much floor it all the time. "You're thinking about what you're going to have for dinner while you're sitting there," he says. Stock cars are heavier, 700-h.p. Neanderthals, custom-built throwback machines. "At the end of a straightaway, you've got to use the brakes and force 3,400 lbs. to change direction, which it doesn't want to do." And you've got other drivers who think nothing of sitting on your rear bumper, stealing your downdraft, making your car "loose" and sending you flying up the track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NASCAR's Driving Force | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...captains Anderson and Elsa O’Riain, seeded No. 1 in the doubles draw following impressive showings in this fall’s tournament circuit, cut through the first two rounds to move to the field of 16. “We didn’t really expect straightaway to play so well,” O’Riain said. “But we’ve gelled quickly [and] now we expect to win these matches here pretty comfortably.” The pairs of Mukundan-Peterzan and Schnitter-Wang also won both their matches yesterday...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Soars Through First Round of ITAs | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

...Mann, the captain, the moonshots traveled an estimated total of 820 feet—the first traveling to straightaway centerfield, and the second soaring to left-center in the fourth to make...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Homers Lift Baseball to Wins | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...race that the Crimson has shown consistent strength in all year, Maludzinski (4:29.03) finished just a hundredth of a second ahead of Yale’s Ashley Campbell—who gave one last effort down the final straightaway to make the race as tight...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's and Women's Track Each Finish Eighth at Heptagonals | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...men’s race, junior Alasdair McLean-Foreman won in a dramatic finish. Heading down the final straightaway, McLean-Foreman picked up his pace and finished in 24:24, just three seconds ahead of Yale’s top runner...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cross Country Falls Against Biggest Rivals | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

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