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    Motor Racing Seatbelts

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    The aftermath required that drivers wear neck and head restraints. Helmets were further improved and safety precautionary became key concerns. NASCAR also joined forces with Indy Car and the team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The results of their merging introduced the Steel and Foam Energy Reducing systems known as the SAFER barrier. The barrier is basically a stack of eight inch by eight inch steel tubes, cabled and bolted to a solid wall with foam pillars cushioned between them. In…

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    prepared according to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Core guidelines. It can be find on both sustainability database or its website, and covered 141 pages on both general standard disclosures and specific standard disclosure. Verified by the NASCAR, “The NASCAR Green Clean Air Tree Planting Program Delivered by UPS will plant trees to absorb carbon emissions equivalent to all of the racing in NASCAR’s three national series for the entire season.” the money grants from UPS will go to…

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    Then somebody got the bright idea to cut a crude track out of some cow pasture somewhere, and the rest, as they say, is history. Junior Johnson was the most famous bootlegger to make a name for himself in NASCAR, of course, but he darn sure wasn’t the only one”(Houston). This was how NASCAR was created. Not everything that is illegal is detrimental. In some cases graffiti can make a damaged or run down neighborhood more alive and…

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    The shop door slammed as I walked over to the workbench. I laid out everything I needed to build a winning NASCAR: a wooden chassis and body, plastic wheels and a spoiler, metal axles, and a sheet of stickers. My dad had acquiesced to my begging him to take me, an enthusiastic eight-year-old car guy, to Home Depot to add to my collection of toys. I gave the instructions a cursory glance before casting them aside. The finished product seemed simple enough. Instructions? Who needs them? First, the…

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    Instead of the student being on the field doing these tasks themselves, they are controlling the robot similar to how Nascar drivers control their cars. “Is a driver really an athlete when he is never required to move any part of his body except his hands? I'm really stuck in between gears on this one. I still feel like it's a sport.” (Deen) Robotics actually even mimics Nascar in the sense that they both have pits where they must work on their cars and robots. Sometimes students have only…

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    Coca Cola Pricing Strategy

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    Coca-Cola Marketing Strategy The world's third largest company Coca-Cola is one of the most recognizable brands today. According to researchers, Coca-Cola is available in every country, including Cuba and North Korea (through the grey market). Furthermore, Coca-Cola sells 1.8 billion bottles every day and the numbers are still rising. It's quite hard for organizations to reach the magnitude of Coca-Cola, but using the right marketing strategies may give a huge boost to increase worldwide brand…

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    rocketing up Eighth Avenue, dodging between cars as if he was on a NASCAR track.” The author used this element in the novel because he wanted to show how recklessly the driver was driving. Even though it says, “as though he was on NASCAR track” he isn’t actually on a track, the author is just trying to have the reader picture the type of driver he was. This impacted the setting because now the reader can imagine someone driving on a NASCAR track and by the author using that simile the reader can…

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    Bass Pro Segmentation

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    Bass Pro Shop is a category killer. A category killer is a very large specialty store that concentrates on a major product category and competes on the basis of low prices and product availability. The major product for Bass Pro would be outdoor products. They carry tens of thousands of items for fishing, camping, hunting, and other outdoor sports. The retail positioning for Bass Pro is unique because not many retail stores can say they also serve as theme parks, summer camps and community…

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    Rap Fast Exercise

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    Speed is an important part of an MC's arsenal; though you don't need to rap as fast as Twista- who currently holds the world record for fastest rap- you do need to learn how to rap fast to improve your versatility. Here are several exercises you can do to improve your rappping speed: Follow LL Cool J's Advice. One of the greatest rappers of all time, LL once recorded a track where he rapped the alphabet while saying "the" in between each letter. So it came out like "The A-The B-The C- The D,…

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    Why Football Is Dangerous

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    Clank,CLAnk,CLANK!!!! ohhhhh that must_a hurt!!.Have you ever seen someone get a severe impact when players head-butt each other or a severe injury. Well if you have these sports such as football.I think these kind of sports are really dangerous.Today I q tell you why football might be a risk everyone that can affect your health and how the NFL is trying to make it safer. To begin with, one way that football is dangerous is that that players can get a concussion.In…

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