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Fun #9 / May '63 / Damascus, Syria / Stan Mott / Go Kart / Circumnavigation
« on: June 24, 2011, 03:35:17 AM »
Know the story behind this picture? Who was involved, where, and why?

Only complete answers will earn a point.

« Last Edit: June 30, 2011, 04:31:56 AM by Otto Puzzell »
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Re: Fun #9
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2011, 02:44:08 PM »
1962, around the world in a kart. WG Davis with a kart from Echo engineering and Stan Matt with a Blitz Kart.
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Re: Fun #9
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2011, 02:46:51 PM »
You're on the right track (the spelling of one participant's name notwithstanding), but will need to provide the information requested in the puzzle post, in order to take the point.
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2011, 05:28:13 AM »
Rookie-land is getting crowded, with 8 pages of puzzles. Moving up
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Re: Fun #9
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2011, 11:45:03 PM »
The only recorded instance of a go kart being driven around the world was a circumnavigation by Stan Mott of New York, who drove a Lambretta-engined 175-c.c. Italkart (wIth a ground clearance of two inches) 23,300 land miles through 28 countries from February 15, 1961, to June 5, 1964, beginning and finishing in New York. Why did he do it? A bet over a cup of coffee!

The puzzle pic is from May, 1963 in Damascus, Syria.
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Re: Fun #9
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2011, 04:29:57 AM »
That's a complete answer, with the right name, too!
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Re: Fun #9 / May '63 / Damascus, Syria / Stan Mott / Go Kart / Circumnavigation
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2011, 02:49:18 PM »
Wow, what a story!

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