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Past champions' provisional just plain wrong

By Terry Blount

Friday, July 24, 2009

It's time for the past champions' provisional to pass away into the sunset. Nothing against Terry Labonte, as classy and respectful a gentleman as you could ever meet, but he doesn't deserve a guaranteed spot in the second-biggest event of the year. Labonte has raced one time this season, competing in the season-opening Daytona 500. He will compete in his second 2009 event Sunday in the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. And all he has to do is show up and say, "Hi, I'm Terry Labonte." That's g ...

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