Photo: #Tony Stewart makes a pit stop during the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 7, 2007 in Daytona, Florida.
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Tony Stewart makes a pit stop during the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 7, 2007 in Daytona, Florida. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)

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America's new national pastime

Broadcast: Midmorning, 07/10/2007, 10:06 a.m.

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Stock car racing has come a long way from early moonshine runner legends like Junior Johnson to the clean-cut likes of Jeff Gordon, and in the process has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Midmorning examines why America is so crazy about NASCAR.

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  • Jeff MacGregor: Special contributor to Sports Illustrated and author of "Sunday Money: Speed! Lust! Madness! Death! A Hot Lap Around America with NASCAR."
  • Neal Thompson: Journalist and author of "Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR."

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