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  • Id never driven on the Mass Pike before and had trouble reading directions at 60 m.p.h.

    I'm Perfect, You're Doomed Kyria Abrahams 2009

  • The tyre had failed without warning to send Mansell slewing from side to side, the right-front wheel of the stiffly sprung car pawing the air as he desperately tried to keep control on the wrong side of 175 m.p.h.

    Chequered Conflict Maurice Hamilton 2008

  • That was the time it took during qualifying at the European Grand Prix for a front wheel on his McLaren-Mercedes to work loose and send the Englishman into a tyre barrier at more than 120 m.p.h.

    Chequered Conflict Maurice Hamilton 2008

  • Robert Kubica suffered an enormous accident when a misunderstanding with Jarno Trulli saw Kubicas BMW run into the back of the Toyota at 160 m.p.h.

    Chequered Conflict Maurice Hamilton 2008

  • The first sterreichring had been carved out of the foothills of a mountain range overlooking the provincial town of Zeltweg. Introduced as a round of the world championship in 1970, the 3.7-mile track impressed everyone, not least the drivers when they realized what was required to reach an average lap speed of 131 m.p.h.

    Chequered Conflict Maurice Hamilton 2008

  • Turn 8 has four apexes and a smattering of bumps to further unsettle a car as it sweeps through at 135 m.p.h.

    Chequered Conflict Maurice Hamilton 2008

  • The Finn lost control on one of the many bumps that characterize the elderly race track and he was lucky to escape unhurt after going headlong into a tyre barrier at over 100 m.p.h.

    Chequered Conflict Maurice Hamilton 2008

  • Rosbergs understandable disappointment over the loss of what would have been an easy victory was later eased by the discovery that one of his brake discs was about to shatter; not the sort of memory he would have wanted of his last race had the failure occurred at the end of the 190 m.p.h.

    Chequered Conflict Maurice Hamilton 2008

  • His curve had a big 12-to-6 break and was thrown 69-77 m.p.h.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • His curves were a knuckle curve and a sharp curve with a 12-to-6 downward break, thrown 72 to 80 m.p.h.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

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