Compared with Nascar's traditional oval tracks and closed wheel cars, every F1 circuit is a winding roller coaster and every car a unique open-wheel marvel of technology.

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The London Eye opened in 2000 and started the trend, which continues with the High Roller and with attractions like the smaller 360 Pensacola Beach, a 200-foot-high observation wheel overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, which just opened in early July.

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