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Hello and welcome

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to around the Air Force . The Air Force

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has teamed up with the Wood Brothers

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racing family for the 2000 and eight

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Nascar season . sergeant , john somehow

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reports from charlotte north Carolina ,

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a few final tests ,

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some small adjustments and the cars are

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ready for the track .

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Outside the pit crews polishing

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their routine operation is

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choreographed to exacting detail . The

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timing is measured in 10th of a second .

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You can have the fastest car in the

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field leading the race , come in and

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have a 15 2nd pit stop . You're gonna

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end up coming out of 10 instead of

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first , do that all day long , no

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matter if you have the fastest car ,

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not even in the losing the race . So

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you have to be competitive with

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everybody else . 12.3 seconds is a good

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time for a pit stop , not this time ,

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this is the Air Force is eight years

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sponsoring Wood Brothers look for a new

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Air Force paint scheme on the number 21

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car and a strong Air Force presence at

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the races . It's an honor to work with

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Air Force that , you know , we are

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entering our eighth season , uh , being

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associated with them . But uh , we have

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a lot of parallels , you know , we got

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drivers , they got pilots , we've got

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crew chief , they got crew chiefs and

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you know , a lot of things in and

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around what we do is similar to the Air

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Force . You know , their toys are a lot

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more expensive , a lot faster and a lot

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cooler than our toys are race cars .

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The Air Force has a lot in common with

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Nascar and Wood Brothers racing . Uh ,

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we are all about speed , power ,

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endurance , teamwork and precision .

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All those things that make the Air

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Force the greatest aerospace power in

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the world . The 2000 and 18 starts

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friday with the Craftsman Truck Series

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and the Sprint Series kicks off sunday

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with the Daytona 500 Tech sergeant ,

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john salmon charlotte north Carolina .

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For more on today's top stories log

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onto Air Force Lake .