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Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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Missed the Turn

Monday, 6th August 2007 by James

When it was opened in 2001, Rockingham Motor Speedway was Britain’s first purpose built racetrack in almost a hundred years. On the day the Google Earth photograph was taken the stands are all empty, so we can see who sponsors the stadium.

However, there may be no spectators, but there is a car on the track. Well, there was a car on the track!

It would appear that this blue car missed the turn and had to hit the brakes. The car has then turned around and is heading back for the road.

Wikipedia: Rockingham Motor Speedway

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10 Responses to 'Missed the Turn'

  1. 1. Ben says: August 6th, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    Maybe he / she sould have spent a little more time here first:
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  2. 2. Martyn Cox says: August 6th, 2007 at 7:07 pm

    Just a typo:

    “It would appear that this blue car missed the turn and had to hit the breaks”

    Should be ‘Breaks’

    :)

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    3. James says: August 6th, 2007 at 7:16 pm

    Nope, it should be “brakes”!

  4. 4. Jordan Meeter says: August 6th, 2007 at 7:44 pm

    Haha! That’s awesome!!

  5. 5. josh says: August 6th, 2007 at 8:19 pm

    some of the tracks leading off the track around there are a bit funny… maybe he just wanted to play in the dirt?

  6. 6. CookieMonster says: August 6th, 2007 at 8:57 pm

    Is this the props department for The Italian Job?

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  7. 7. Martyn Cox says: August 6th, 2007 at 9:47 pm

    Haha…..can’t believe I basically repeated the typo!

    Apologies ;D

  8. 8. Phillip says: August 6th, 2007 at 10:07 pm

    Maybe you guys just have this song stuck in your head…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtO5ejCu0Ic

  9. 9. Cyre says: August 7th, 2007 at 12:01 am

    I thought SURE that song link was going to be Chocolate Reign again…

  10. 10. Phillip says: August 7th, 2007 at 2:21 am

    I would never do that to you guys. That would be rather cruel and unusual.

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