Super gas and super stock cars are two common cars used in drag racing. ... The slower car in the race gets green lighted before the faster car by a margin of distance in which dial times are chosen. If both cars have a reaction time that is equal, the cars then run the posted dial up. ... When a car fouls it gives a chance to a car that has a break guy and allows that car to advance to the next round. ... A driver may also dial a car slower than it can go. ...

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" "We have a cruising area where all the cars go and just chill. ... It's a hobby and its competitive to have the fastest car, the most powerful car and the best looking and loudest car. ... "I think that everyone believes they can handle the car, but even so, racing should be kept in a controlled area, like the track."  ... As David describes it, a typical race night involves more than just showing up with your car. ... "People would direct cars where to park, so they wouldn't get in the way and cause and accident. ...

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The cars are able to reach top speed of over 200 miles per hour. The seats vibrate as the cars cross the finish line at top speed. ... Some cars are especially designed for drag racing and some are just normal cars that are fixed up so that they go faster. ... Models of the cars are available. ... The children get the chance to see the cars up close and personal. ...

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It is a hobby for us; some people like to collect things; we like to build up our cars and race them. So Monday through Friday we work on our cars to get them ready for race night. ... Building up the cars and working on them is half the fun. We also wash are cars on Saturday; right before we go to the races. When I say races you might think I am talking about a track you go and run your car. ...

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It was bright when I slumped into my car, parked in the garage of the hotel in which I was staying. ... Within half an hour my car was ripping along the roads at break neck speed. ... The car was parked and sleep was needed. ... He shouted "Good" luck before we got in the cars. ... Valious died almost instantly, his body crushed and cremated between the two cars. ...

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Two cars inch forward on either side of the double yellow lines. ... When the drop, the cars squeal through the spectators, so close that cloths ripple. ... We drive up and down the streets to make sure that no cars drive in. ... The people that don't want to race park their cars on the street nearby, and the others want to run their cars. ... Its almost like having a car show every Saturday night without having to pay for it. ...

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You can also get your car impounded and a very big ticket. ... If you are a little unluckier, you will get your car impounded and you also get the ticket. They usually impound your car for thirty days. ... I lost my cousin to a car accident. ... Just go to the Sacramento raceway and don't risk your life or your car. ...

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He stopped the car and got out to see what was causing the problem. ... The officer informed Brown that the car had been reported as stolen, which was true. Brown had reported the car stolen many months earlier after it had been hot-wired in front of his home in Albany. The Albany police had recovered the car a week after it was reported stolen. ... The officer eventually retrieved Brown's wallet from the car and discovered that the car did belong to him, and Brown was released. ...

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Robert's cousin was driving while the passengers slept as they drove through Maryland when the car was pulled over by a Maryland state trooper. Robert was asked to step out of the car and asked to sign a consent form to search the vehicle. ... The officer told them that they had problems with rental cars on this highway. ... The book then shows that the police had a good reason to stop and search the car. ... The police had a good cause in pulling the car over and doing what they did, the vehicle fit the description of known drug traffickers. ...

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His voice is his job with calling the cars as they move down the line. ... One, to keep the cars and business moving quickly and two, for a source of entertainment for the buyers to keep them interested. ... Brian likes to race stock cars on the weekends at Concord Motor Speedway. ... He spends his Saturdays in the garage in Concord, NC working on his car and getting all the kinks out before the race on Sunday. Racing is a hobby that he said he will not give up for awhile, or at least as long as he can still drive a car. ...

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These records should include the person's race; the reason stopped; how long the car was detained; and whether a ticket was issued, the car searched, or any illegal goods or weapons were found when the traffic stop was made. ... When the trooper asked to search the car and its contents, Wilkins refused. ... According to the police version, the officers broke the back window of Russ" car and pointed a gun inside. ... A witness said the woman had her hands up and was getting out of the car when she was shot. In both instances the victims were in unarmed cars and the policemen approached the...

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The officer told Lee he was stopped because his vehicle fiot the description of a stolen car earlier that day. Lee was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, a sports utility vehicle, the reported stolen car was a Honda sedan.... The men were ordered out of their car at gun point, handcuffed and put in separate police cars while the officers searched the car, without consent of owner or warrant, and checked their identification. ... David Smith, an African American officer, was pulled over while driving an unmarked car in the city of Carmel in 1997. ... Smith got out of the car. ...

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In the short story "Child by Tiger," there are many different treatments of racial differences such as the treatment of the children, the car wreck, and the actions of the "mob." ... The next treatment of racial differences was made after the car wreck. ... Lon Everett, the drunken white man, got out of his car and went racing to Dick and started beating on him. ... The car wreck, the mob scene, and the treatment of the children were all actions of the racial differences that man had created for each other. ...

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In the short story "Child by Tiger," there are many different treatments of racial differences such as the treatment of the children, the car wreck, and the actions of the "mob." ... The next treatment of racial differences was made after the car wreck. ... Lon Everett, the drunken white man, got out of his car and went racing to Dick and started beating on him. ... The car wreck, the mob scene, and the treatment of the children were all actions of the racial differences that man had created for each other. ...

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A clear example of this is how the police dealt with Coalhouse's (an African-American) car. Not only did they make the car dirty and torn, they also defecated on it, too. Now, it is fairly obvious that only reason that the cops damaged Coalhouse's car like they did is because of his skin color. ... The reason Coalhouse had done this despicable deed is in protest of what had been done to his car and the murder of his fiancée. ... The police and Coalhouse and his gang have a bitter stand off that lasts until Coalhouse gives himself up on a few conditions: his followers (gang) ar...

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We find this out through the chatting in the car during the driving test between Marian and the driving instructor. Pg 116-17 The Car is the only main setting of the story. The car is firstly being driven to Marian to the driving test before she drives in the actual driving test. The car in my opinion is symbolic of slavery as strange as it may seem. Towards the middle of the story a description of Marian in the car is, "Marian's hands tightened on the wheel." ...

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Racing comes in many forms today with rules and cars far surpassing its humble beginnings. ... Any new development in car technology also had a huge impact on the sport of racing. ... The Sports Car Club of America ( SCCA) was formed in 1944 ( Hylton, 2009) by wealthy white men. ... She successfully achieved top- ten starting positions in Indy car Championship racing and NASCAR cup racing. ... In 1979 she placed fifth in Milwaukee in Indy-car racing. ...

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The opening sequence begins with the camera slowly panning across to a city, it then moves into the town, and into the seat of a car. The car arrives to a house. ... A teenager looks outside the window, to see the car and some black people getting out of it. ...

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Stealing the car from Walt was the Hmong's way to show the superiority of their race. At first, Thao believed that the car would prove his loyalty to the Hmong gang, but as he gets to know Walt and begins to understand Walt's values and beliefs, Thao learns that the car represents the integrity and respect that comes from those who earn it, not demand it. ... In the end, Walt showed Thao that he had fully achieved his idea of respect by granting Thao the car in his will. ...

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They were pulled from their car, cuffed, and separated into two patrol cars while their vehicle was searched. ... He was pulled from his car, thrown to the ground, pepper sprayed and arrested. ... Items such as nervousness, out of state plates, rental cars, inability to make eye contact, lack of drivers license or insurance information, fast food wrappers, plates from key border states like Arizona and New Mexico, conflicting answers to questions involving origin and destination and maps. ...

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When a person thinks of a race they often think of two common things, car against car, bike against bike, etc. A train against a car is not something that comes to mind because there would be no competition. A car may be able to reach higher speeds, but a train outweighs a car. ...

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Rabinowitz believed that because of these actions, separate schools for blacks were created, poorhouse facilities were provided, and the Nashville Street Railway even started running a separate car for them. ... Rabinowitz stated that when blacks wanted to ride the train, they were forced into the dirty smoking cars with a rough class of whites. Rabinowitz felt that the law that provided separate cars and equal accommodations was right. ... "In their homes and in ordinary employment," as one observer noted, "they meet as master and servant; but in the street cars the...

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The mayor's wife, Miss Millie, lived a different lifestyle than Celie which did not require her to work and allowed her to have maids and fancy cars, yet she was still controlled by her husband who refused to teach her how to drive. ... "Mayor _______ bought Miz Millie a new car cause she said if colored [people] could have cars then one for her was passed due. So he bought her a car, only he refused to teach her how to drive it" (Walker 102). ...

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Sonny saved Calogero's life because he got him out of his friend's car before they went to the community where the black people lived to burn down their place. Instead of hurting them, there car got blown up, and all his friends that were in the car got killed. ... The time when Calogero was in the car with his friends, they were going to do something bad to the black people, but Sonny made him get out before they got there. ...

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The state trooper ordered Wilkens, his aunt, uncle and a cousin out of their vehicle and into the rain, for the purpose of searching the car for drugs. Wilkens recalls seeing a young white boy, about six years old, in a passing car with his face pressed against the window and he couldn't help but to think what image will forever be in this little boys head? ... Ford was a member of Congress and that he was driving such a nice car. ... Kweisi Mfume, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was pulled over while driving the interstate at ni...

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