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A controversy erupted on social media after rumors began circulating that the NHRA had placed an index cap on the Outlaw Street class at the Texas FallNationals. The truth is far less salacious, and it all boils down to perfect atmospheric conditions allowing the cars to show their teeth. For years, there was a rather large misunderstanding of just how quick and fast the cars on Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings were actually running. Racers were running deep into the low 3.80s (in the 1/8 mile), and the fastest of the fast were living in the 3.70s. When the NHRA...

Japan says patience running thin on N.Korea talks04 Jul 2005 08:05:02 GMT Source: Reuters TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - Patience is running out for North Korea's return to stalled talks on its nuclear arms programme, Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Monday, adding that Tokyo was neither optimistic nor pessimistic about the likelihood the negotiations would resume soon. "In some quarters there is a very optimistic view and they probably have their basis for that, but the Japanese government is neither extremely optimistic nor extremely pessimistic," Machimura told Reuters in an interview. "Soon, we will reach the limits of...