> When you hear folks talking about the "smell" of sports car >racing, that's what they are talking about. It's _extremely_ similar to >the stuff Momma made you take... After WWII the smell was specific to Castrol "R" racing oils and once the eye-burning waft of nitromethane in the float bowls for the standing start faded away, the sweet smell of "R" took over. Padgett