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Best cure-all for the Losing Streak Blues? Just win, baby

By David Newton
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Arguably the biggest fight in NASCAR history was breaking out in the grass along the backstretch as the checkered flag flew in the 1979 Daytona 500. The nationally televised skirmish involving Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers, Bobby and Donnie, has been credited with launching the sport to new heights. Another significant moment happened as well. Richard Petty won, snapping a 45-race losing streak that at the time was the longest of his career. The driver who 13 y ...

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