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  • The British are coming! No, wait, it's the Italians!

    American history would have been so different.

    Bravo Fiat

    Asked how he’d like to be remembered were he hit by a bus tomorrow, Tracy doesn’t hesitate: “I’m a race-car driver. At the last second, I’d swerve and avoid the bus.”

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    British music...
    "An emphasis was placed on drivers with road racing backgrounds which meant drivers from open wheel, oval track racing were at a disadvantage. That led Tony George to create the IRL." -Indy Review 1996

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    • #3
      apparently we would have been much sexier
      Indianapolis 500: '95, '14
      Milwaukee Indyfest: '12, '13, '14
      Road America: '16, '17, '18

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      • #4
        Don't forget that the colonists were British. Highly unlikely that the "British were coming". They were already there.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Tommy Milton View Post
          Don't forget that the colonists were British. Highly unlikely that the "British were coming". They were already there.
          Paul Revere.
          Asked how he’d like to be remembered were he hit by a bus tomorrow, Tracy doesn’t hesitate: “I’m a race-car driver. At the last second, I’d swerve and avoid the bus.”

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Tommy Milton View Post
            Don't forget that the colonists were British.
            Only in the sense that the Scottish and Irish today are "British."
            "Only a fool fights in a burning house."-Kang

            "If you listen to fools....The Maaahhhhb Ruuuules....."-Ronnie James Dio

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            • #7
              From Yahoo... Yeah, I know.....

              He said: "The regulars are coming" which is a term for people in armed forces. The "regular" army and not a local militia.

              Saying "the British are coming" doesn't fit because they were British as well.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Sea Fury View Post
                Only in the sense that the Scottish and Irish today are "British."
                The Scots and Irish are British without any controversy whatsoever. They are however not English.
                "An emphasis was placed on drivers with road racing backgrounds which meant drivers from open wheel, oval track racing were at a disadvantage. That led Tony George to create the IRL." -Indy Review 1996

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Sea Fury View Post
                  Only in the sense that the Scottish and Irish today are "British."
                  Or the sense that Canadians and Australians are British.
                  Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the Keenest of them all?

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                  • #10
                    Pretty sure we weren't Dutch (New Amsterdam excepted), French, or Spanish colonies...so I guess that leaves Native American.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by ensign14 View Post
                      The Scots and Irish are British without any controversy whatsoever. They are however not English.
                      Eddie Irvine on his "British" nationality:

                      "But at the end of the day, I’m Irish. I mean, I’ve got a 'British' passport, but if you’re from Ireland, north or south, you’re Irish. And ‘British’ is....such a nondescript thing, isn’t it?"
                      "Only a fool fights in a burning house."-Kang

                      "If you listen to fools....The Maaahhhhb Ruuuules....."-Ronnie James Dio

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                      • #12
                        The same Eddie Irvine who said he painted his helmet orange because he was Protestant, and added green stripes so that the IRA wouldn't shoot him?

                        "British" refers to anyone from the UK, in a wider context it can refer to the British Isles. All Scots are British, not all British are Scots.
                        "An emphasis was placed on drivers with road racing backgrounds which meant drivers from open wheel, oval track racing were at a disadvantage. That led Tony George to create the IRL." -Indy Review 1996

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Danske View Post
                          Pretty sure we weren't Dutch (New Amsterdam excepted), French, or Spanish colonies...so I guess that leaves Native American.
                          Even Old New York was once New Amsterdam...
                          It's a Hoosier thing, you wouldn't understand...

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Sea Fury View Post
                            Eddie Irvine on his "British" nationality:

                            "But at the end of the day, I’m Irish. I mean, I’ve got a 'British' passport, but if you’re from Ireland, north or south, you’re Irish. And ‘British’ is....such a nondescript thing, isn’t it?"

                            Jim Clark to Jackie Ickx :

                            "I am not English, I am Scottish. And don't you forget it!"

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by lotuspoweredbyford View Post
                              Jim Clark to Jackie Ickx :

                              "I am not English, I am Scottish. And don't you forget it!"
                              Watch out or you will get an explanation of the difference in the terms "British" and "English" as if you didn't understand.

                              BTW - the Scots I know do not like to be called Brits though, obviously, they realize they are technically British.
                              Eff LBD!

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