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Why Watch Cars Drive Fast in a Circle?

By Lisa Peakes on Friday, November 23, 2001.

Later today thousands of race fans and their portable heaters will fill the stands at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon for the 8th annual Winston Cup Race. NHPR's Lisa Peakes called Pete Pistone of Racing One, a motor sports media company in Chicago to ask about the history and the allure of NASCAR racing. Pistone said to understand auto racing, you just have to be there.

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