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NASCAR playing catch-up when it comes to driver compensation

By David Newton
ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mark Martin cleared just over $142,000 in race winnings in 1982, his first full-time season in NASCAR's premier series. He made just over $1 million in 1989, collecting six poles, one win and six second-place finishes and finishing third in points. McGee: Dollars And Sense Let's put this money thing in perspective. Richard Petty earned $8.5 million over a 35-year career that produced seven Cup championships. Yet The King trails Scott Wimmer -- yes, Scott Wimmer -- on t ...

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