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Solar-powered cars share some of the same features that regular cars have: you know, brakes, accelerator, turn signals, ventilation, and mirrors. But the major similarities stop there, and unlike hybrids, solar-powered cars use no fuel at all: they find energy from the sun, and store it in a battery pack.
Although Jeff Gordon had a great season, Terry Labonte came away with the 1996 Winston Cup. Labonte posted the same number of top five and top ten finishes as Gordon, but he prevailed by 39 points. Relive the races with our 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup results.
If you live for long weekends spent at the track, submerged in the whine of the engines and the roar of the cars as they shoot by, then you may want to learn more about the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). What do they do?
