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Nascar, Engine of Change, Finds Itself Changing, Too
Wall Street Journal ^ | August 27, 2003 | DAVE KANSAS

Posted on 08/27/2003 5:04:17 AM PDT by SamAdams76

Edited on 04/22/2004 11:49:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Last Saturday night, in the sparsely populated eastern hill country of Tennessee, more than 160,000 people gathered in this small town to watch cars race around a tiny oval. It was another sold-out event for Nascar, a sports juggernaut that now rivals the NFL in popular appeal.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: biblebelt; dixie; nascar; redstate; redzone; sbc; south

1 posted on 08/27/2003 5:04:17 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
NASCAR is the "last bastion of White Supremacy, " according to Jesse J.
2 posted on 08/27/2003 5:09:55 AM PDT by Guillermo (Proud Infidel)
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To: NormsRevenge; ChefKeith; glock rocks
ping
3 posted on 08/27/2003 5:51:53 AM PDT by ctlpdad (**This tagline has been temporarily closed for upgrades**)
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To: SamAdams76
Roger VanDerSnick, Nascar's managing director of brand and consumer marketing.

This guy's name and title say it all about the change at NASCAR over the last 20 years.

4 posted on 08/27/2003 5:58:09 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (Plus de fromage, s'il vous plait...)
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To: SamAdams76
I'd be more interested if it involved significantly more than passing and turning left like Grand Prix racing. Ovals just don't really interest me.
5 posted on 08/27/2003 8:07:22 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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