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Episode 183: The 1908 New York to Paris Race

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The American Team, the Thomas Flyer

As the cars began to make their journey across, across the american midwest, the good feelings between the ra s started to disintegrate. As the five cars went from town to town, it was the thomas flyer and its crew that got the most support from the locals. Accusations were also levelled tot the American car of cheating because their car was equipped with wheels that enabled them to drive on railroad tracks. But there wasn't just a descent between the rival teams and their cars. There was actually descent also within the teams themselves. A norwegian bloke i mentioned before, a hans henrick hanson, who apparently rode to the north pole, became sick of

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