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NASCAR slowed by New York City traffic

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Friday, March 28, 2003

All football fans have a beer belly, and all baseball fans have a farmer's tan, but perhaps no one has been more prone to stereotyping than a NASCAR fan -- a white male, in his thirties, who speaks with a slow, southern drawl. NASCAR might be changing that perception. Born out of the desire of bootleggers of the 1920s and early '30s to to occupy themselves during the day, NASCAR long had enjoyed unparalleled popularity in small southern towns like Daytona Beach, Fla., Talladega, Ala., and Bris ...

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