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Subsidizing the back row

By Ray Ratto
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, February 20, 2004

NASCAR may have finally hit the glass ceiling, which, if you drive a car at 180 mph, can be a real bitch. It seems that the sport that can grow forever as long as the fossil fuels hold out is finally running out of the one thing NASCAR can't do without. Investors. It appears this weekend's race at Rockingham, the Damn It Will You Speed It Up There Charlie 400, will feature as many as eight non-series regulars driving with inferior equipment. That is to say, there won't be a full field of 43 ...

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