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<li>] ARTICLE: stuck in neutral : by Tommy Tomlinson @ sportsonearth.com&nbsp;</li>
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<li>DESCRIPTION: Tommy&nbsp;<a href="http://sportsonearth.com/article/41663268/" target="_blank">discusses the state of NASCAR today</a>,&nbsp;</li>
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<li>&nbsp;a good read ... BUT ..</li>
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<li>&nbsp;personally I think the authors logic is a little flawed on some of his points ...</li>
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<li>Danica + Ricky&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] publicity that money cant buy, media coverage that money cant buy, OK well money could probably buy it, but it would cost a whole lot and isnt it just better to be getting it for FREE ?? I think Danica+Ricky both made it onto the France family's xmas card list AND all the NASCAR track owners, all 3 of them ;)</li>
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<li>SHOULD it be the big story?&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] NO absolutely not, but it is the fluff that catches the eye of the mainstream masses and focuses the glare of the mainstream spotlight on NASCAR for a few 2013 milli seconds, I would wager that the Daytona 500 TV numbers will be UP partly because of this story. Will they still be talking about Danica+Ricky, or Danica or Ricky come the Daytona 400 in July ?&nbsp;</li>
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<li>the NEW "GEN 6" cars =&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] the most talked about changes to the NAS CAR since ??? (COT), NO there not "exactly" like their street counterparts, NOR are they perhaps a more enthusiast appeal oriented model like a vette, camaro, viper or shelby BUT those cars are not what the sport was built upon, it was built upon the every day, every mans/woman ford / chevy / dodge (+ toyota) family car that you drove. This car looks like a BIG positive step forward in that direction, if it races like some of the drivers are suggesting that it will race like - big WIN&nbsp;</li>
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<li>no personality's =&nbsp;i guess i just dont understand why anyone would say that there is NO PERSONALITY here, i would almost go so far as to say that there are so many personlities that we could group them into ...</li>
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<li>personality types, starting with&nbsp;the - GQ CLUB</li>
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<li>] <a href="person?id=115#content" target="_blank">Johnson</a> - the clean cut, politically correct, always composed, always on script,</li>
<li>] <a href="person?id=114#content" target="_blank">Gordon </a>-&nbsp;</li>
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<li>VERSUS -&nbsp;the good ole boy's CLUB&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] <a href="person?id=100#content" target="_blank">Keselowski</a> - the brash, opinionated, outspoken, rough around the edges,</li>
<li>] <a href="person?id=118#content" target="_blank">Bowyer</a> -&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="person?id=108#content" target="_blank">Stewart</a> -&nbsp;</li>
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<li>now ADD in a girl, a hot girl none the less&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] <a href="person?id=101#content" target="_blank">Patrick</a> -&nbsp;</li>
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<li>AND then throw in a couple of hot headed rowdy brother's&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] <a href="person?id=143#content" target="_blank">Busch</a>&nbsp; -&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="person?id=148#content" target="_blank">Busch</a>&nbsp;- &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<h3>heres the real problem with NASCAR today ... well as far as I can see it anyways&nbsp;</h3>
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<li>TV coverage</li>
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<li>] commercials&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] too many, too often, at the wrong time&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] commentators&nbsp;</li>
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<li>cookie cutter tracks&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] too many, too often, at the wrong time</li>
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