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Old 07-06-2014, 10:15 PM   #157 (permalink)
changzuki
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
C. Michael Lewis killed the best results that Alfred State ever achieved (low 70's) with his box stock Insight at 130 mpgUS on the track, coming back with 95 over the road with luggage, tool box, and food in the car. Bob must have felt that there was some fill up trickery involved (probably was for the first fill) so he just made up some numbers he liked and gave them a 62 so he didn't have to award them the $1000. But I talked to C. Michael while we were trying to pull his car out of the mud who told me what he really got.
Thank you for the response to my question Sheepdog 44, that was insightful.
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