let it drag

[Dan Goncharoff]

Why? Drag counters lift, which is not a good thing in a race car. Even
a Brooklyn boy like me knows that.
DanG

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> So..."let the bottom of the race car drag!" means what then?  Sounds like a
> prescription for failure.
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> JL
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> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Probably the bottom of the race car itself.
>> DanG
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>> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> > From a TV commercial for NASCAR:
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>> > "No holds barred - and let the rough side drag!!"
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>> > Jesse Winchester released his LP _Let the Rough Side Drag_ in 1976, as if
>> > that explains anything.
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>> > What rough side?
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>> > JL
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