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Playing by the rules--again.(racing safety regulations of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing)

The Sporting News

| July 09, 2001 | SPENCER, LEE | COPYRIGHT 2001 Sporting News Publishing Co. 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

Here we go again. Back to the high banks of Daytona. Back to where Dale Earnhardt was killed. Back to where Tony Stewart's car, running fifth, landed on top of Bobby Labonte's car, running 26th--the cars were that close--during a 20-car pileup in the Daytona 500.

Back to where the sport changed in one afternoon. Back to where the rules still are the same.

Going back to Daytona won't be easy, especially for Dale Earnhardt Jr. No one can change what happened there in February, but some of the circumstances that contributed to Earnhardt's death--and the earlier 20-car wreck--can be changed.

But NASCAR isn't listening.

It's easy to take ...

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