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pop-off-valve

78 inches in 1978? 80 inches in 1977

Following the 1978 race, and after other superspeedway races that summer including Pocono and Ontario, competitors began complaining about the horsepower advantage that the newer V-8 engines had over the venerable 4-cyclinder Offenhauser engines. USAC held emergency meetings in August and September of that year to draft new turbocharger boost rules and engine regulations in an effort to establish an equivalency formula. In September, they released a series of preliminary rule changes for the 1979 season. All turbocharged engines would be permitted 80 inHg of boost, and pop-off valves would now be required during practice, qualifying, and during the race. Previously, pop-off valves were only affixed to the intake manifolds during official qualifications. The fuel allotment for 500-miles races was increased to 333 gallons (up from 280), and rear wings were reduced from 43 inches to 36 inches.

In January of 1979, however, another meeting was held, the rules were changed again. The turbocharged V-8 engines were reduced to only 50 inHG of boost, and the 4-cyclinder Offys would be permitted 55 inHG. The 209.3 ci stock block engines were allowed 58 inHG. Normally aspirated engines were allowed a 219 cubic inch displacement, but few were expected to be entered. By the month of May, USAC had once again re-tooled the rules, upping the Offy's boost to 60 inHG, but keeping the V8s at 50. With the lower boost levels, the higher fuel allotment rule was scrapped. Cars were again limited to 280 gallons of methanol for the 500 miles, which required an average of 1.8 miles per gallon to finish the race.

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Pit stop contest

1988

Roberto Guerrero (Granatelli) secured the fourth and final spot in the pit stop contest during preliminaries on held on Thursday May 19. Guerrero (13.791 seconds) advanced ahead of Derek Daly and Dick Simon.

Semifinals			Finals

9	Danny Sullivan	15.279

2	Roberto Guerrero	15.387
			9	Danny Sullivan	14.782

			6	Mario Andretti	15.006
6	Mario Andretti	15.654

3	Al Unser Jr.	20.127

Race statistics

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sb

XXXII

NFL executives held a debriefing meeting the morning after Super Bowl XX. Expressing his displeasure, commissioner Pete Rozelle reportedly opened the meeting with the following statement: "There are three words I never want to hear again: Up...With...People."^[1]^[2]

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NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXXII to San Diego during their October 26, 1993, meeting in Chicago. The bidding process was scheduled to award two Super Bowl sites (XXXI and XXXII), the first time that multiple hosts were selected at the same meeting since XXIII and XXIV were voted on in 1985. This was the second time that San Diego hosted the game; the city previously hosted XXII ten years earlier. The Broncos played in both XXII and XXXII, the first franchise to play two different Super Bowls in the same stadium twice; they had already played twice at the Superdome (XII and XXIV).

Four cities entered the bidding for the two games: New Orleans (Superdome), San Diego (Jack Murphy Stadium), Los Angeles/Pasadena (Rose Bowl), and Tampa (Tampa Stadium). The New Orleans representatives bid only on XXXI, Los Angeles only bid on XXXII, while San Diego and Tampa made themselves available for both games. Rules required a candidate to receive a 3⁄4 vote (21 of 28 owners) in order to win the bidding. If no winner received the necessary votes after three rounds, the fourth round would revert to a simple majority.^[5]^[6]

New Orleans was selected for XXXI, at which time the voting for XXXII commenced. Tampa was eliminated during the first ballot, leaving San Diego and Los Angeles as the two finalists for XXXII. The prospects for Los Angeles suffered after Raiders owner Al Davis left the meeting before the presentation. San Diego representatives, meanwhile promised to add 12,000 temporary seats to Jack Murphy Stadium to counter the Rose Bowl's capacity advantage of nearly 100,000 seats. In addition, since San Diego had not hosted the Super Bowl in a decade, and Pasadena had just hosted one nine months earlier, owners tipped their way. After two deadlocked rounds, San Diego won by simple majority on the fourth vote.^[7]^[8]

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Post award

Drivers who would have joined the club from 1970-2017 (110 total)

100 mph club (10)

Jimmy Vasser

150 mph club (65)

175 mph club (2)

185 mph club (33)

Temp

viceroy

wdw articles

Links

class of 1965
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/106446485
parsons cracked block myth
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/106446338
diffuser 1990
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/106446310
data-1
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/106851730

CART article titles

Primary final

1996 PPG Indy Car World Series
-break-
1997 PPG CART World Series

CART redirects

Ref

^ Mason, Andrew (February 6, 2016). "Mason's Mailbag: There is no 'team of the decade' ... at least not yet". DenverBroncos.com. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
^ "Stevie Wonder, Aretha will play, but after uproar". ESPN.com. February 1, 2006. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
^ Phelps, Bob (June 1, 1973). "Drivers Call for Indy Change". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
^ "Jimmy Caruthers Steers Car No. 21". IndyStar.com. May 31, 1973. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
^ Frisaro, Joe (October 27, 1993). "Tampa Bay faces long odds in securing 3rd Super Bowl (Part 1)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 112. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Frisaro, Joe (October 27, 1993). "Tampa Bay faces long odds in securing 3rd Super Bowl (Part 2)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 114. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Frisaro, Joe (October 28, 1993). "Tampa Bay loses Super Bowl bid (Part 1)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 24. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Frisaro, Joe (October 28, 1993). "Tampa Bay loses Super Bowl bid (Part 2)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 29. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Cite error: The named reference "Trib010-28-1993pg29" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[1] Mason, Andrew (February 6, 2016). "Mason's Mailbag: There is no 'team of the decade' ... at least not yet". DenverBroncos.com. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

[2] "Stevie Wonder, Aretha will play, but after uproar". ESPN.com. February 1, 2006. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

[ddn-0601-1973pg18-3] Phelps, Bob (June 1, 1973). "Drivers Call for Indy Change". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

[star-05-31-73pg17-4] "Jimmy Caruthers Steers Car No. 21". IndyStar.com. May 31, 1973. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

[Trib010-27-1993pg112-5] Frisaro, Joe (October 27, 1993). "Tampa Bay faces long odds in securing 3rd Super Bowl (Part 1)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 112. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[Trib010-27-1993pg114-6] Frisaro, Joe (October 27, 1993). "Tampa Bay faces long odds in securing 3rd Super Bowl (Part 2)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 114. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[Trib010-28-1993pg24-7] Frisaro, Joe (October 28, 1993). "Tampa Bay loses Super Bowl bid (Part 1)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 24. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[Trib010-28-1993pg29-8] Frisaro, Joe (October 28, 1993). "Tampa Bay loses Super Bowl bid (Part 2)". The Tampa Tribune. p. 29. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Cite error: The named reference "Trib010-28-1993pg29" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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