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NASCAR Hall of Fame inducts internal combustion engine

The NASCAR Hall of Fame inducted the internal combustion engine in its inaugural class of inductees at the new facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was also the only inductee. “Engines can’t speak,” said NASCAR chairman Brian France. “But if it could, I’m sure it would thank us for the honor. And stress to us that we’re all absolutely nothing without it.” Voting for next year’s induction class is expected to take place soon, with the cro-magnon man who invented the wheel the likely pick for the 2011 class. Then the NASCAR Hall of Fame will have no more inductees.