[Shotimes] kids say the darnedest things

[Robert Bruce]

Good ol' Art Linkletter!

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of van Oss
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 4:34 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] kids say the darnedest things


My son David, looking at a race engine photo in Hot Rod, asked me why its
plumbing and wiring seemed so simple and clean compared with the rat's nest
underhood of our family cars.

I explained that a lot of race cars operate within a much, much narrower
range of conditions than street cars, so they only have to do a few things
well, while street engines have to handle a wide range of weather, load, and
other conditions.

He answered that European rallye racing is probably as close as formal
racing comes to the conditions "real" cars face.  I told him he probably was
right, and I was proud of him for thinking that through.

VO
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