Detroit automakers last week put the brakes on the horsepower and speed race at least publicly. The Automobile Manufacturers Association resolved to scratch all advertising claims suggesting speed and to withdraw from the stock-car races that are used to back those claims. No longer will automakers furnish the pace car for Indianapolis' Memorial Day race or enter cars in the competitions at Daytona Beach, Fla., Darlington, S.C., Langhorne, Pa. or Pikes Peak.
The automakers passed the resolution unanimously because they were beginning to gag on the dust of the expensive speed sweepstakes....
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