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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #125 on: November 30, 2010, 01:52:23 PM »
No problem - well done Faksta!

I was going to add that the photo I posted was not the Lynx - merely that it was a similar car that I found that i didn't know the name of.

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #126 on: November 30, 2010, 01:54:09 PM »
Exactly - #20 - what formula was this destined to race in?
The search is on.......

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #127 on: November 30, 2010, 01:54:56 PM »
no.

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #128 on: November 30, 2010, 01:55:57 PM »
 :doh: I have already asked that.

'Somewhere else' may also mean 'not in circuit racing', or not?

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #129 on: November 30, 2010, 01:56:17 PM »
No problem - well done Faksta!

I was going to add that the photo I posted was not the Lynx - merely that it was a similar car that I found that i didn't know the name of.
quite tricky!

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #130 on: November 30, 2010, 01:59:57 PM »
:doh: I have already asked that.

'Somewhere else' may also mean 'not in circuit racing', or not?
This car is related to a race track which is not circular, at all..

Ping! Ping!

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #131 on: November 30, 2010, 02:03:47 PM »
You mean a non-oval circuit?

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #132 on: November 30, 2010, 02:05:05 PM »
Or a dragstrip hillclimb?

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #133 on: November 30, 2010, 02:08:01 PM »
You mean a non-oval circuit?
Yes and I gave clue what it looks like.

Not a hillclimb track
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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #134 on: November 30, 2010, 02:13:41 PM »
Autocross? In American meaning of this word...

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #135 on: November 30, 2010, 02:17:48 PM »
Ping? Ping? - doesn't quite ring a bell!
Just a little joke......

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #136 on: November 30, 2010, 02:20:00 PM »
Autocross? In American meaning of this word...
:shakehead:
It is/was used for different competition series.
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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #137 on: November 30, 2010, 02:22:00 PM »
Ping? Ping? - doesn't quite ring a bell!
Just a little joke......

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #138 on: November 30, 2010, 02:22:57 PM »
Tramplin hopping?  :shiner:

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #139 on: November 30, 2010, 02:44:13 PM »
Triangular circuit?

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #140 on: November 30, 2010, 02:50:05 PM »

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #141 on: November 30, 2010, 02:51:05 PM »
Seriously?

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #142 on: November 30, 2010, 02:58:36 PM »
Did I ever make jokes?

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #143 on: November 30, 2010, 03:00:11 PM »
My first thought would be Daytona International Speedway - a sort of tri-oval

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #144 on: November 30, 2010, 03:09:02 PM »
Not Daytona and very much more like a triangle.

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #145 on: November 30, 2010, 03:13:38 PM »

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #146 on: November 30, 2010, 03:15:31 PM »
Okay thanks - thinking caps on........

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #147 on: November 30, 2010, 03:22:18 PM »
Dakota Raceway?

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #148 on: November 30, 2010, 03:24:18 PM »
No.

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Re: One More Day at the Races
« Reply #149 on: November 30, 2010, 03:26:37 PM »
Hanford?