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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 06 > Spinning their wheels

Spinning their wheels

Homemade drag strip hosts drivers wanting to burn rubber

By David Jasper / The Bulletin
June 6, 2009

The small crowd laughs and cheers as the rusty yellow milk truck, replete with a FOR SALE sign taped on its windshield, spins its wheels. And spins. And spins. The tires — or “slicks,” made specifically for drag racing — rotate in cyclonic fury, conjuring....

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