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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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LOL, Vash.
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Very cool, thanks for sharing.... This race scenes in this money shows real men as well..
YouTube - The Big Wheel
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when racing was dangerous and sex was safe.
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When you could easily read the numbers on the cars.
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You paraphrase;
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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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"There are only three real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games."
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HEY! That's just the local gentry. Behave.
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If you want to read about a man among men, read about Tazio Nuvolari sometime. Simply one of the greatest of all time, yet overlooked most of the time.
Tazio Nuvolari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"when the tires where skinny and the drivers fat"
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