COY
n.— «We came out today to just get a little test time in on a mile-and-a-half. I hadn’t run a “COY” (Car of Yesterday), as they call it, and we plan to try to run Charlotte and Miami, so we’re trying to get a little test time in.» —“Sam Hornish Jr. : ’I’ve run IndyCar, Busch and ARCA cars here. Now, it’s a Cup car'” in Sparta, Kentucky Auto Racing Daily Sept. 26, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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