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NASCAR needs a rivalry … bad

By Ed Hinton
ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Humpy Wheeler has uttered some profound sentences in his time, but this one struck like lightning. The other night on a Speed TV talk show, the retired Speedway Motorsports Inc. president -- long recognized as the maestro of racing promoters -- was asked about rivalries in NASCAR. "There aren't any," he said without hesitation. That simple truth resonates with me. I've known it, but haven't said it lately. Conflict is the crux of all drama. Rivalries are the red blood cell count of any sport ...

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