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Aug 2009
21m 18s

Tether Car Racing

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By now, everyone knows that Scott's a huge fan of racing -- but his enthusiasm doesn't stop at Nascar. Listen in as Scott and Ben take a look at the little-known sport of tether racing in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com. 
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