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A change in philosophy means rebirth for McMurray

By Marty Smith
ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

I met a guy named Hale Hughes this past weekend at Texas; he inspired me. He's the guy who gave the command to start the engines after having won Dickies' Worker of the Year contest. Hughes is a good ol' boy, a Texas oil field worker who lives and breathes NASCAR racing. He loves Ryan Newman, but had Jeff Gordon finished one position better Sunday night, he'd be a millionaire. Oddly enough, the experience seemed more valuable to Hughes than the money. In meeting him, I was reminded just how ...

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