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August 2013

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On Age and Experience…

Mr. David Newton posted an enlightening piece to ESPN.com about the age of drivers in NASCAR. The author cites that the average age of the current top ten in the season-long standings is four years older than in 2008. Newton opines that this upward trend of age in the Cup Series’ …

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On Passing…

[NOTE: The Cup series wrapped its flat-track double at Indianapolis and Pocono. As usual, passing on tracks not designed for stock-cars becomes the topic du joir. I thought it would be an easy task to find the relationship between passes and NASCAR's popularity on television... I could tally the total …