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CAR 42
There are many Grand Prix ca races held each year around the world. After World War II, th Grand Prix held in Japan was called off until 1963. In that year, the Suzuka Track in Nagoya opened, and Japan's Grand Prix races began again.
In the first Grand Prix after World War II, Masao Asano was the driver who was favored to win the race. However, many people thought that Mr. Asano might have trouble in the race because his car number was 42.
This is a very unlucky number in Japan. This number in Japanese is shi ni which is somewhat like the word shingu. The word shingu means "to die." Mr. Asano said that it was silly to worry about the car's number. Then, early in the race, Mr. Asano's car went out of control and crashed. Masao Asano died.
After the race, the Japan Auto Federation said that no more cars racing in Japan were ever to use the number 42. The next year, at the second Japanese Grand Prix, no cars ran with this number.
During the race, men called "spotters" kept an eye on the cars as they passed the line which marked one complete circle around the track. As the cars passed the line, these spotters called out the number of each car, and the numbers were written down.
After the race, the numbers they called out were compared in order to check the winner. Because there were so many cars racing on the track, these were spotters were not able to stop and think about the numbers they called during the race. Then, when they checked their notes, they found that a car numbered 42 had passed the line more than eight times during the race. However, none of the spotters remembered what the car looked like or who the driver was. (308 words)
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