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Roger Brown inched the car forward until<br />
the light beam was broken by his front tires,<br />
making the top yellow staging light on the<br />
pole come on. The light indicated he was<br />
on the starting line. He pushed the transmission<br />
lock button on the custom gearshift<br />
down with his thumb and waited. The car’s oversized<br />
souped-up engine idled roughly with a “urumpurump-urump”<br />
sound. The crowd in the bleachers<br />
at the U.S. 60 Raceway on Hardinsburg, Ky., dug into<br />
buckets of popcorn and compared the two cars on the<br />
track, evaluating which one was their favorite.<br />
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