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MetroMPG · 01-11-2010, 10:06 PM

That is confusing. Excellent point, Brett.

Something else I noticed: at 1:26 the Dodge is shown following close enough behind the Ford to benefit from drafting. It happens again later in the video, and suspiciously, it's the truck with the cap on it that's drafting.

Surely the drivers (racing people) would have known better than to follow that closely.

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