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Cars pollute the dictionary too | By Mark Peters | Grist Magazine | Soapbox | 18 May 2006

  • . | > Commentary > ADVERTISEMENT Commutication Breakdown Cars pollute the dictionary too By Mark Peters 18 May 2006 I don't want to rock your world too severely, but it's come to my attention that cars cause problems.
  • . There's also a metric truckload of other health and environmental nightmares caused by monoxides, dioxides, hydrocarbons, and other yummy emissions.
  • . Meanwhile, our car-propelled reliance on fossil fuels keeps us hooked on Mideast oil like some kind of red, white, and blue crack-smoking eagle.
  • . But there's a lesser-known victim of car culture -- our language.
  • . But car culture? With apologies to Tom and Ray, car talk has only uglified the English tongue.
  • . Burroughs was right when he said "language is a virus from outer space, " then these terms could spread like a deadly word flu -- mouth to mouth! In the interests of inoculation, documentation, and humoration, here are eight real and wretched car-related terms undreamt of by Shakespeare or your high-school English teacher.



    Mileage-based car insurance could be a boon for the environment | By Elisa Murray, Elm Street Writers Group | Grist Magazine | Soapbox | 03 Nov 2003
  • . | > Commentary > ADVERTISEMENT Driving a Hard Bargain Mileage-based car insurance could be a boon for the environment By Elisa Murray, Elm Street Writers Group 03 Nov 2003 Most of us don't think much about car insurance.
  • . And come they do -- each exactly the same amount, no matter whether we've driven across the country or left the car in the garage.
  • . You Get What You PAYD For The good news is that small changes in everyday activities, such as how we market and sell car insurance, could make a big dent in problems like these.
  • . Out here where I live and drive in the Pacific Northwest, the state of Oregon is taking a crack at lowering car insurance costs and reducing the collateral damage from driving.
  • . Essentially, pay-as-you-drive makes buying car insurance more like buying gasoline: The less you drive, the less you pay.
  • . These drivers should have left the car at home.



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    Canary Derby
  • . Aspreva staff designed and built the fastest car last week at the inaugural Canary Derby.
  • . Carmanah Technologies was second and Mercurial Communications third.
  • . Carmanah was the top fundraiser with $8, 100, followed by GenoLogics $6, 851 and Aspreva $3, 500.
  • . As the top funds producer, Carmanah's team won a VIP trip to be Listwin's personal guests at the San Jose Grand Prix next month.
  • . The top place finisher of the first annual Canary Derby was Aspreva Pharmaceuticals with a combine time of 71.25 seconds Don Listwin and Michael Ball congratulate Art Aylesworth and the Carmanah Technologies team for being the top fundraiser at $8.100 FIRST ANNUAL CANARY DERBY RAISES ALMOST $50, 000 VIATeC says the picnic and soap box derby will become an annual event on the technology community’s calendar Victoria, June 13, 2006 – Over 700 executives, staff and family members from Vancouver Island’s technology community gathered at the tech park this past weekend to celebrate the arrival of summer at the first annual technology community picnic.


    Legal Soapbox by FreeAdvice: Legal news and expert legal commentary about Auto Insurance
  • . , and turn our 6 million visitors into your readers! Already a Member? Featured Links Previously on LegalSoapbox Past news headlines: Legal Commentary about Auto Insurance Legal News about Auto Insurance A federal appeals court Friday allowed the conservative-leaning state of Tennessee to offer car license plates bearing the anti-abortion message ...


    Cincinnati Soap Box Derby - Order a Car
  • updated March 23, 2006 Buying Your Car Okay, so you read the rules, checked out the race divisions and you’re ready to buy your car....
  • . You can buy a complete car kit through the Cincinnati Soap Box Derby or you can go through the main in Akron, Oh.
  • . If you just need parts -- not a whole car kit -- please go through the Click on corresponding button to add item to cart.
  • . Stock Car Kit (white)........
  • . $625.00 Stock Car Kit (red)...........
  • . $640.00 currently out of stock until April 3 Stock Car Kit (blue).........
  • . $640.00 currently out of stock until April 3 Super Stock Car Kit.........
  • . Car kits do not include set up wheels or extra weight.

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    Auto Racing > Soap Box Derby in the Yahoo! Directory
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    Soapbox divisions for Greater Youngstown Area Soap Box Derby
  •   The All American Soap Box Derby has three divisions of cars.
  • . STOCK CAR The objective of the STOCK division racer is to provide a simple easy to build car for the younger first time racer.
  • . With adult supervision a child can assemble the car within one day.
  • . The weight limit on the car and driver is 200 pounds and geared to children age 8 and older.
  • . The stock car cannot be painted and is limited to vinyl decals.
  • . SUPER STOCK CAR The SUPER STOCK car is the next step in derby cars.
  • . In this division you still get an easy to build kit with everything included, but it is geared to racers that have outgrown the stock car.
  • . The maximum combined weight of car and driver is 230 pounds.
  • . The car itself is larger and accommodates bigger kids.
  • . In the super stock division the child can be more creative by painting the car.
  • . The super stock car can still be built in a day or weekend.
  • . MASTERS CAR (Scottie) Masters division racing represents the highest level of technical challenge in construction.


    Homemade Soap Box Car
  • | Homemade Soap Box Car Bonus points if it can be homemade and healthy, but even burgers and fries from the place around the corner are ok sometimes, especially if you're all sitting ...
  • . And dinner in the car doesn't count.
  • . The taillight covers of your car are made of red tape.
  • . Racers slid into homemade soapbox cars on a hilltop and with a push a race was on.
  • . It started as a lark about 10 years ago when father and son Peter and Mike Stevenson decided to make a soapbox derby-type car , as from their boyhoods.


    Soap Box Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • . Cars competing in this and related events are unpowered, relying completely upon to move.
  • . During the and the purity of child-built cars and amateur racing lost its lustre due to overeager adults and civic boosters who hired professionals to build or rebuild cars, or worse, installed electromagnets and other illegal devices to derive an unfair advantage.
  • . examination of his car revealed an in the nose.
  • . When activated at the starting line, the magnet would pull the car forward by attracting it to the paddle used to start the race.
  • . Examination of his car revealed the rear axle was held in place by, and a steel had been added to the steering assembly.

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    NASCAR.COM - Soap Box Derby more than racing for Johnson - May 7, 2006

  • Headlines • • • • • • See More: and the sounds of NASCAR.
  • . Jimmie Johnson and All-American Soap Box Derby president Jim Huntsman (left) look on as James Harper (center) admires his Soap Box Derby car.
  • . Credit: Nick Wass Soap Box Derby more than racing for Johnson Nextel Cup points leader says organization keeps families close By Marty Smith, NASCAR.COM May 7, 2006 03:22 PM EDT (19:22 GMT) WASHINGTON -- A young boy, maybe 10, 11 years old, gazes starry-eyed as a man four times his senior shaves a surfboard-shaped slab of wood to perfection.
  • . Shortly after, its edges are caressed to the desired swooping angle.
  • . Jimmie Johnson helps Davonte Weakley assemble his Soap Box Derby car.
  • . It's like, 'Wow, this is a world I didn't know existed, and I want to be a part of it.'" Like thousands of families across the nation every year, this father-son duo is building a Soap Box Derby stock car.
  • . This, rather, is Washington, D.C., in a car lot on the grounds at Curtis Chevrolet/Kia, and they're on-hand for a car-building workshop hosted by Levi-Strauss Signature.


    Professional Soapbox Racing Car Wins on Strength of Composites
  • : High-Performance Composites : Composites Technology : Free Subscription · · Composites Technology Distributors Directory Sourcebook Browse Directory Search Directory Articles Ray Publishing Professional Soapbox Racing Car Wins on Strength of Composites - August 2004 By: Staff Lotus Engineering (Hethel, Norfolk, U.K.) is the designer of a downhill race vehicle that kiddie soapbox racers can only dream of.
  • . The enclosed-cockpit car was designed with Catia CAD software from Dassault Systemes (Paris, France) and incorporates a carbon fiber/epoxy monocoque tub.
  • . Round carbon fiber/epoxy plates cover the wheels for improved aerodynamics.
  • . Carbon fiber and epoxy materials for the tub were provided by SP Systems (Newport, Isle of Wight, U.K.) and Hexcel (Duxford, Cambridge, U.K.) supplied honeycomb core.


    Paul's Plunge Soap Box Racing
  • . Cars will not be allowed to be worked on between phases unless there is a need to repair a damaged car.
  • . A CSBRA official must be present while any damaged car is being repaired.
  • . All cars will be weighed and weight recorded prior to any racing event.
  • . _ CANADIAN SOAP BOX RACING ASSOCIATION BASIC RULES AND REGULATIONS The following racing classes are sanctioned by the CSBRA Hobby Street CSBRA Pro Stock Super Stock Senior/Masters This diagram will help you if you are planning on building your own soap box derby car at the 'entry level'.
  • . Cars must run on four wheels - two in the front and two in the rear.
  • . NO metal will be permitted in a hobby class car, except for the brakes, steering axles and the associated mounting hardware.
  • . Ballast must be inside the car, securely mounted directly to the floorboards by a minimum 5/16” bolt, lock washer and nut.
  • . Existing cars may be considered for “Grand fathering”.
  • . Lubrications will NOT be permitted once the cars enter the staging area.

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