Racecar Engineering

Unholy smoke

Nicotine and caffeine have been my drugs of choice for a very long time now. Being a drug addict is not an easy life. I now have the effects of over five decades of smoking coming home to roost; my shortness of breath and yellow stained teeth attest to my stupidity in smoking. Another drawback is being forced to stand on the corners of buildings in the freezing cold or rain to satisfy the nicotine cravings.

Racing has the same addiction. Tobacco appeared as the first major sponsors in the late ’60s, soon covering a big

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