Unleashing the Muscle Car Inside the Trusty Volvo
By DENNY LEE
from the New York Times Published: March 4, 2005
KENNY HOWARD was cruising in his hand-me-down Volvo 740 when a shiny new Audi pulled up beside him. Engines revved, nods were exchanged, and Mr. Howard, a 24-year-old computer science major at Auburn University, cockily accepted the challenge.
The V-8-powered Audi didn’t stand a chance.
“I beat him by two or three car lengths,” said Mr. Howard, who spends his weekends drag racing his Volvo sedan along the industrial stretches of Montgomery, Ala. “That happens all the time. They look at you like you’re crazy.”
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