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Indy at 100: The Tony George era begins

INDIANAPOLIS -- In January 1990, Anton H. "Tony" George was appointed president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. George, 30, was the only son among Mari and Elmer George's four children, and his ascension to the Speedway presidency marked the first time since the death of his grandfather Tony Hulman in 1977 that the track figurehead was a Hulman family member.

There wasn't any problem with the on-track action in the Indianapolis 500 during the early years of George's tenure; the races from 1990 to 1995 were all memorable in their own right, and Indy car racing as a whole was more popular than ever. Arie Luyendyk set the race record by averaging 185.981 mph in the 1990 500, and a year later, a classic late-race duel between Rick Mears and Michael Andretti was resolved in Mears' favor, giving the Californian a record-tying fourth victory at Indianapolis.

The 1992 race is infamous as the coldest 500 in history, causing several heavy crashes. Andretti dominated but broke with 11 laps to go, opening the door for the closest finish in Indianapolis history as Al Unser Jr. edged a charging Scott Goodyear by 0.043 of a second.

In 1993, reigning Formula One world champion Nigel Mansell chose to compete in Indy car racing, and the Englishman brought such a large international media contingent that the Speedway had to expand its media center. Mansell lived up to the hype and led late in the race, only to be jumped on a restart by eventual winner Emerson Fittipaldi, who caused a furor by chugging orange juice in Victory Lane instead of the traditional milk.

Although CART was the sanctioning body of Indy car racing as a whole, USAC maintained control of the Indianapolis 500 and its rulebook offered an alternate engine specification intended to promote use of stock block pushrod engines. For many years, a turbocharged Buick V-6 enjoyed moderate success at Indianapolis; the extra boost allowed by the USAC rule package gave the engine more power, which made it very effective in qualifying. However, the Buick was unreliable and not as competitive in race conditions.

In 1994, Roger Penske's partners at Ilmor Engineering created a purpose-built V-8 pushrod engine for USAC's Indy specifications. Penske sold the badging rights for the engine to Mercedes-Benz, and after frantic last-minute development, the top-secret project paid dividends as Unser Jr. drove to his second Indianapolis win in three years. USAC's pushrod engine specs were promptly changed and the Mercedes-Benz 500I project instantly became an expensive (albeit successful) one-off engineering exercise.

Golf Carts for Sale at a Reasonable Price

Golf carts are becoming increasingly popular nowadays. It plays a vital role in the golf course and for the players. The golf carts hogged the people mainly because of its versatility. It is used for many purposes. And many people use it for travelling short distances. And it gives pleasure fun and enjoyment to the driver. A brand new golf cart can be purchased at a rate of $10,000; but there are many ways to buy cheap carts.

Custom Golf Carts

There are many types of golf carts these days of various sizes and shapes. Most of them look like those which are used on the course. But nowadays you can make it resemble various car models but these can be very expensive and is known as street legal golf carts or off road carts. And it is up to you to choose the electric or the gasoline ones. Note that the former is very environmental friendly and quiet.

Buying a Used Golf Cart

It is not difficult to buy a used golf cart. For this purpose you could search online sites and newspapers for the advertisements for the sale of golf carts. And often you will be able to find a number of these advertisements and that at affordable price rates. And do not worry about purchasing a used one. Even when you use a new one, after sometime it will use lose its original value. So there is no need to worry about using a used golf cart.

Finding Discounted Golf Carts

Here are a few tips that will help in finding golf carts. First you can check with the local dealers and if you are fortunate you will be able to find the carts at affordable rates. And do not forget to leave your address and phone number with dealer. It is for them to contact when such offers comes up. The golf courses too are ideal place where the used golf carts are sold. And from there you will be able to purchase a good used cart at affordable and cheap rates.

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