<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Is your friend insinuating that NASCAR uses the yellow flag to make races tighter or "fix" races? My GOD! That's blasphemy! At least we still have WWF wrestling; that's real. <BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 9/23/08, Gary <SPAN>Horstkorta</SPAN> <I><vintage.racer@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Gary Horstkorta <vintage.racer@comcast.net><BR>Subject: Re: [Fot] Hamilton appeal denied<BR>To: "'Tony and Annie Garmey'" <horizonracing@msn.com>, spyderweb@uwalumni.com, fot@autox.team.net<BR>Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 11:56 AM<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'"> fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tony and Annie Garmey<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:37 AM<BR><B>To:</B> spyderweb@uwalumni.com; fot@autox.team.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Hamilton appeal denied</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'">FIA = Ferrari international automoblie !!<BR><BR>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:52:52 -0500<BR>> From: spyderweb@uwalumni.com<BR>> To: fot@autox.team.net<BR>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Hamilton appeal denied<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In essence, they decided not to decide the case.<BR>> <BR>> "it follows that there is no need to examine the substance of the <BR>> appeal submitted by McLaren."<BR>> <BR>> The text of the "opinion" can be found at:<BR>> http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70793<BR>> <BR>> JR Hill<BR>> <BR>> Quoth fubog1@aol.com:<BR>> <BR>> > LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A Formula One appeal court on Tuesday<BR>> > rejected McLaren's bid to have championship leader Lewis Hamilton<BR>> > reinstated as Belgian Grand Prix winner.<BR>> > The governing International Automobile Federation
(FIA) said in a<BR>> > statement the judges had deemed the appeal inadmissible.<BR>> > The decision meant Hamilton will start Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix<BR>> > with a one-point lead over Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa, rather<BR>> > than the seven points he would have had if the Belgian stewards'<BR>> > decision had been<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<BR>> <BR>> http://www.fot-racing.com<BR>> <BR>> Fot mailing list<BR>> Fot@autox.team.net<BR>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot<BR>> </SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV><PRE>_______________________________________________
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