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  2. Spinner (wheel) - Wikipedia

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    The song title refers to driving while having spinning rims installed on the car. In the first line of the song, DJ Paul urges all the "players out there ridin' spinners" to "stop, and let 'em keep spinnin' baby", and the chorus repeatedly proclaims that the spinners "don't stop". [ 27 ]

  3. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

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    Bumper cars: Dodgems: Bumper cars or dodgems are the generic names for a type of flat amusement ride consisting of multiple small electrically powered cars which draw power from the floor or ceiling, and which are turned on and off remotely by an operator. They are also known as bumping cars, dodging cars and dashing cars.

  4. Tilt-A-Whirl - Wikipedia

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    The ride consists of seven freely-spinning cars that hold three or four riders each, which are attached at fixed pivot points on a rotating platform. As the platform rotates, parts of the platform are raised and lowered, with the resulting centrifugal and gravitational forces on the revolving cars causing them to spin in different directions and at variable speeds.

  5. List of former Cedar Point attractions - Wikipedia

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    Turnpike Cars 1959 2014 Arrow Dynamics: The ride featured cars themed as mini hot rods from the 1950s and 1960s. Replaced by Valravn. Twister 1950s?? early 1970s Unknown A spinning ride that was located where the main midway restaurants are. In the late 60s it was moved to where the Grand pavilion stands today. VertiGo: 2001 2001 S&S Worldwide

  6. Burnout (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    A burnout (also known as a peel out, power brake, or brakestand) is the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary and spinning its wheels, the resultant friction causing the tires to heat up and smoke. While the burnout gained widespread popularity in California, it was first created by Buddy Houston, his brother Melson and David Tatum II at Ted ...

  7. Doughnut (driving) - Wikipedia

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    Performing this maneuver entails rotating the rear or front of the vehicle around the opposite set of wheels in a continuous motion, creating (ideally) a circular skid-mark pattern of rubber on a carriageway and possibly even causing the tires to emit smoke from friction. [1]

  8. List of Cars characters - Wikipedia

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    Lightning McQueen, known primarily as Montgomery "Monty" McQueen before the events of the Cars films, (voiced by Owen Wilson in the films, Cars on the Road, video game adaption, Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure, and Lego The Incredibles, Ben Rausch in Cars 3: Driven to Win, and Keith Ferguson in Cars Toons and most video games), [1] is a custom-built race car who competes in the Piston ...

  9. Gyro monorail - Wikipedia

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    The wheel shows a tendency to align its spin axis with the axis of rotation (the gimbal axis), and it is this action which rotates the entire vehicle about its roll axis. Ideally, the mechanism applying control torques to the gimbal ought to be passive (an arrangement of springs , dampers and levers ), but the fundamental nature of the problem ...