Backyard Astronomer: The real astronomical NASCAR record

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Backyard Astronomer: The real astronomical NASCAR record
By Neal Galt A recent blog on the Internet discussed the speeds reached by stock cars as being over 244 mph, by Russ Wick on Oct. 9, 2006, on the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah.  However, consider this! A good friend and fellow backyard astronomer, Doug Snyder, of Palominas, Ariz., wrote an article for “The Nightfall” in, a monthly local astronomy club publication, back in 2003. In …

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