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Legendary drivers lead us on a record-breaking race through a century-long search for sheer acceleration that began before World War One, when hot-rodders modified Model-T Fords to see how fast they could go.
Legendary drivers lead us on a record-breaking race through a century-long search for sheer acceleration that began before World War One, when hot-rodders modified Model-T Fords to see how fast they could go.
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S2, EP19 "Tunnels"Tunnels, whether underwater, blasted through solid rock or negotiating the shifting strata of the Earth's unstable crust, represent a remarkable feat of engineering.
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S2, EP31 "Roller Coasters: The Search for the Ultimate Thrill Ride"Since the turn of the 20th century, designers have competed to build them faster, taller, and steeper; as technology pushes the envelope with flips, weightlessness, and more g-force than a jet, they have to calculate how much can the human body take.
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S15, EP32 "Driver's Seat"Get behind the wheel and take control of the some of the largest, fastest, most powerful machines on the planet; these aren't the average vehicles and handling one of these rides is unlike anything else.
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