Katharine Ross Looks Back on Being a Young TV Star in the â60s. Before Katharine Ross garnered an Oscar nomination for âThe Graduate,â the actress was working in a San Francisco theater troupe and starting to catch fire with guest roles on TV in the early 1960s.
The most common fuels used in race cars these days (2007) are: 1. Leaded and unleaded gasoline. This fuel is used by many types of race cars and octane levels are usually high, meaning 94 and above. Gasoline is used in drag cars, rally cars, stock cars, and even Formula One cars. Gasoline is derived from the distillation of crude oil.
Nitrous and Auto Racing. In racing, nitrous is injected into an automobile's air intake to increase power. This isn't magic -- basically it is just providing more oxygen which allows more fuel to burn per stroke. The extra fuel per stroke gives you the extra power -- the nitrous just provides the oxygen needed to burn that fuel.