61) 1.0g - the acceleration due to gravity, or how rapidly an object will accelerate in a freefall (9.8 meters per second squared). If you're cornering at 1.0g, you're being accelerated sideways to the same degree that the earth is pulling downward on you.
62) Sleeper - looks slow, goes fast.
63) quarter-shaft - go drag racing a few times with a lot of power and sticky tires. Your halfshafts might turn into these.
64) "The Fast and the Furious" - The Slow and the Silly.
65) Downpipe - the portion of the exhaust system that bolts to the turbine housing of a turbocharged vehicle.
66) D.O.T. - Department of Transportation.
67) 5.0 - Ford's nickname for its 4.9-liter pushrod V8. The term "5.0" sounds cooler than "4.9" because everyone knows bigger is better.
68) Hybrid - a car with a non-stock engine swapped into it.
69) Time Attack - one lap determines it all, make it count.
70) Si - until the Type-R came along, this was Honda's moniker for its full-zoot models. Originally stood for sequential injection.
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