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 Mark Moore poses with some of the trophies he has won driving the No. 33 Chevy coupe.
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The good old days...VINTAGE. Historically, the most common usage of the word was in reference to the year of origin of a bottle of wine. Etymologically, it literally refers to wine - to the harvest of grapes. It comes from the old French word "vendage," meaning "yield from a vineyard," and is some 700 years old. (See Online Etymology Dictionary, if you want more details.) Over time, it took on a positive connotation. In most conversation, "vintage" was a reference to an exceptionally good wine rather than merely an identifier of its production. Nowadays, the word is frequently used in reference to an older automobile, as a substitute for "antique" or "classic." For much of the second half of the 20th century, |