Word: vroooom
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...called a friend of mine, who's a mad NASCAR fan, to mull the passing of Bill France Jr. Just what was the man's contribution to the national fabric? My friend responded, "Vroooom...
...with a booming voice, decided to bring order to a ragtag racing scene that sometimes saw promoters skip town without paying the drivers. He founded NASCAR in 1948, built the Daytona superspeedway in the 1950s, banished all dirt tracks from the circuit in 1970 (thus assuring more vroooom) and then handed the operation...
NASCAR's reputation then was as a Southern pastime whose early stars had learned speed during midnight bootlegging runs. France didn't care about any of that. His crucial insight was that vroooom is inherently thrilling and there's no reason that it should be exclusive to one region...
...test in California, a state with the most stringent environmental rules in the U.S. Maserati Managing Director Alessandro De Tomaso is confident that his car will be approved because of a costly new engine that reduces pollution and improves gas consumption-but that also cuts Maserati's vaunted vroooom...
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