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I grew up 6 doors down from Gary Gabelich. He once did a short warm up of a rail job in the street before heading to Lion's later in the day. IDT the neighbors were as excited as I was at age 12.
When we did the warm up of Mr. Ed, it had a rope around it to keep people from it. When we did the warm up we'd always tell people to back away from the boat, because it was really loud. They'd always back a couple of steps. When the engine started, you would see the whole crowd move away in unison.
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