He won the Daytona 500 four times, but his fistfight with Bobby Allison at a televised race “put NASCAR on the nationwide map.”
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Chicago and NASCAR, an Odd Couple With High Hopes, Take It to the Streets
The city and the sport, whose partnership was doubted by many, became acquainted on a soggy weekend downtown. The reviews were mixed.
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NASCAR to Start Its Engines Along an Unlikely Course: Downtown Chicago
The race along city streets will be the first of its kind for NASCAR. Some Chicagoans are puzzled.
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The Florida Man of Formula 1
Logan Sargeant is F1’s first full-time American driver since 2007. Can his sport make the leap from Monte Carlo to Miami with its soul intact?
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Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR’s Unlikely Prodigal Son, Returns at Daytona
After two years of retirement from stock-car racing, Johnson, the seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, will race again in the sport he once dominated.