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7/31/23, 7:48 PM   #10
Re: Proper Name Of A Sprint Car
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Originally Posted by The Old Coyote View Post
A Sprint Car does not have a wing. A Sprint Car with a wing is a Winged Sprint Car.

To call a Sprint Car a Non-Winged Sprint Car is the same duplicative and redundant word as irregardless. Check your dictionary, irregardless is not a word. Even when you type it in here on IOW, you get red squiggles under it!

If you feel further differentiation is necessary, you might consider Traditional Sprint Car versus Winged Sprint Car.

I like Winged Sprint Cars just as much as Sprint Cars. I just believe they should be properly referred to.
Take a look at the schedules for the tracks right here in Indiana that run them regularly. Indiana is the stronghold of a niche fan base, and even here, the tracks generally refer to them as non-wing sprint cars. I’m not upset by the pronoun you choose.
 
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