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NASCAR tries to fix what ain't broke

By Ray Ratto
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

That must have been some dinner at the France house that fateful night, when Bill France, the man credited with turning NASCAR into ATM, turned to his son Brian and said, "Son, some day, all this will be yours." And Brian smiled and while he was saying, "Thanks dad, and can you pass the yams?" his brain was jumping up and down in the pan and screaming, "I know -- The Stanley Cup Playoffs!" And now that NASCAR really is Brian's, he has examined That Which Needs No Repair and decided to fix it w ...

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