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NOMINEE |
THE SKINNY |
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Overrated |
"Fan-friendly" NASCAR drivers |
Mostly they hide in their luxury motor coaches. If they smile during
autograph sessions, it's because they're getting $10,000 an hour and
up.
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Underrated |
Jimmy Fennig, crew chief for Mark Martin,
NASCAR |
Meticulous organizer, cool strategist in the heat of
battle.
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Annoying |
Tony George, president, Indianapolis Motor
Speedway |
Continues to snub generous CART overtures to put the Indy 500 back
together.
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Breakthrough |
Juan Pablo Montoya, Formula One-CART |
Won European F3000 championship while serving as chief Formula One
test driver for Team Williams. Should win CART championship as rookie for
Target-Ganassi team in
'99.
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Uplifting |
Mark Martin, NASCAR |
Maintained class and poise while grieving over his father's death in
an Aug. 8 plane crash, and in spite of seeing his spectacular seven-win year
overshadowed by Jeff Gordon's 13 wins and season
title.
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MVP |
Ray Evernham, crew chief for Jeff Gordon,
NASCAR |
A major reason Gordon won his third Winston Cup in four years.
Nobody is better at making just the right adjustments -- not only to cars, but
also to his driver's
mindset.
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Storyline to Follow in 1999 |
Petty thoughts |
How fast will Adam Petty, NASCAR's first fourth-generation driver, rise through
the ranks as track promoters scramble to find a young and charismatic challenger
to Jeff
Gordon?
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