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When men were men.

Start of the 1954 French GP at Reims




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ewwwww...look at all the icky air pollution!

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When men were men... and sheep were afraid.
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Very cool, thanks for sharing.... This race scenes in this money shows real men as well..

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When you could easily read the numbers on the cars.

What's that guy on the left doing... trying to get a buzz from the exhaust fumes?
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When men were men... and sheep were afraid.
You paraphrase; it's supposed to be " Montana - where men are men and sheep are nervous"

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There are still plenty of men (and a few women) willing to go wheel to wheel without seat belts:

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When you could easily read the numbers on the cars.

What's that guy on the left doing... trying to get a buzz from the exhaust fumes?
I can't see the flag, but I think he's the starter! Even the starter walked aroundwith brass balls! And this is the FRENCH race. Imagine how close, say, the GERMAN starter would have gotten to the action!

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Start of the 1954 French GP at Reims



Won by your avatar !!

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There are still plenty of men (and a few women) willing to go wheel to wheel without seat belts:

True, and can go very fast too, but you don't run across the track & jump in and go...
That being said, 125cc shifter carts are a blast
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What's that guy on the left doing... trying to get a buzz from the exhaust fumes?
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I can't see the flag, but I think he's the starter! Even the starter walked aroundwith brass balls!
Oops... meant to say the guy on the right. Maybe he just got finished doing something to the 10 car.
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ewwwww...look at all the icky air pollution!

HEY! That's just the local gentry. Behave.
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