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The Hard Sell

By Ryan McGee

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Down at the local GM dealership the boys are nervous. In the shadow of downtown Charlotte, a group of car salesman sat in the shade outside their showroom on a too-warm early June day, two on a golf cart and two standing alongside. It used to be on a Monday following a Chevy win in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series (Jimmie Johnson won on Sunday with a thrilling late Dover dash) the fellas would be courting excited customers by talking racing. "Now," one of the neck-tied men said as he stomped out ...

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