Kentuck Knob is also down the road from Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, which is cantilevered over a waterfall.

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The race then began with a 60-foot rappel down a knob of rock sticking out into the Pacific Ocean.

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Somewhere near 53rd Street I remembered a saving grace: ECO mode, achieved by pushing and holding down the Drive knob in the center console.

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