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NASCAR's Golden State

By Ryan McGee

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Wednesday morning's Los Angeles Times has a great story by Jim Peltz about NASCAR's cutting loose of its Southern roots. As is usually the case, Peltz is right on the money -- no matter how much it might pain a Rockingham, N.C., native like yours truly. Here are the facts: Six of the 12 Chase competitors are from the Pacific time zone. Only one is from North Carolina. The 2007 season was the first season since the Cup Series was founded in 1949 that a Tar Heel native did not win a race in NAS ...

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