Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Phil Stracchino]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 01:58:36PM -0600, Dan Duncan wrote:
> As I recall, 'Kris Kirby' wrote:
> > I'd rather see more F1 races on TV. The problem is that "anyone" can put
> > together a NASCAR racing platform (ooh -- see -- they look like cars!),
> 
> Look?  They still CALL them cars.  Specifically, they refer to them
> as if they were in fact the racing version of production cars.

Whereas what they actually are is lookalike fiberglass bodies on top of
mechanically near-identical steel-tube rollng chassis with mechanically
near-identical powertrains and suspension.


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