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NASCAR's free-market system unlike any other

By David Newton
ESPN.com

Friday, June 22, 2007

Kyle Busch seemed surprised to learn that his former agent talked to other teams about his future and used that as leverage in negotiations to sign an extension with Hendrick Motorsports. He shouldn't have been. That's the way business has been done in NASCAR for as long as there have been driver changes. This isn't the NFL or NBA, where players must wait for the free agency period before talking to other teams. There are no unions or collectively bargained agreements that govern driver move ...

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