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Yellow-line rule would have wiped out greatest finish in NASCAR history

By David Newton
ESPN.com

Friday, October 10, 2008

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Suppose for a moment that in 1976 NASCAR had a yellow-line rule like the one that took a victory from rookie Regan Smith on Sunday and gave it to Tony Stewart at Talladega Superspeedway. Suppose the governing body didn't allow cars to pass below the yellow line back then. Period, as officials like to say now. The greatest finish in NASCAR history never would have happened. Let's refresh. David Pearson passed Richard Petty coming off the final turn of the Daytona 500, but ...

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