09-Oct-2008
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RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER ADVANCE MATERIAL FOR THE BANK OF AMERICA 500 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE AT LOWE’S MOTOR SPEEDWAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008, PAGE 1. BOBBY HUTCHENS, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMPETITION, DALE EARNHARDT INCORPORATED: HOW BIG OF AN ACCOMPLISHMENT WOULD IT BE FOR REGAN SMITH TO WIN RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR? “I think that would be a big coup for him and for this company ‘cause when the year started out all anybody wanted to talk about was Sam Hornish Jr. and Franchitti and Patrick Carpentier and nobody ever mentioned him. I think it’s kind of cool that he’s been ahead of them all year. It’s not like he just did it last week. I think one of the biggest accomplishments and I’ve told people that since I came over here was that you don’t hear the veteran drivers getting out of their cars or on TV after an instance...
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