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THE SELLING OF SMOKEY; Best Damned Garage sale in its final phase, but the legend lives on.(News)

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| June 21, 2004 | Smith, Steven Cole | COPYRIGHT 2004 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH

Ray Evernham is now a Nextel Cup team owner, but back in the mid-'90s he was a hands-on crew chief for Jeff Gordon's Dupont Chevrolet. "It was when Jeff and I were in our heyday,'' Evernham says.

That's when he started noticing a man dressed in white, with a cowboy hat and boots, watching him from a distance. It was Smokey Yunick, of course. "I'd look up, and Smokey would be watching me. But he would never come over and talk. It was nerve-racking. Like a musician playing a beautiful composition, and he looks out and the composer is sitting in the audience.''

This happened at track after track. Eventually, Evernham ...

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