Drivers, Start Your Engines
This mixture was even less functional than it sounds; when racing started several drivers suffered fatal crashes due to the unstable track. In 1996, Nascar driver Dale Jarrett and his crew gave birth to a new tradition when they kissed the bricks after winning the Brickyard 400, the tracks premiere stock-car race. Indy 500 preparations are known as the Month of May in racing circles because of the painstaking work that goes into perfecting each car before the green flag drops.
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- www.mentalfloss.com
- blogs.orlandosentinel.com
- childinthetime.planetamafra.com
- www.frontstretch.com
- trendtoday.blogspot.com
- www.drindy.com
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