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<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26961816_ITM" title="Facts and information about The France connection: NASCAR president Mike Helton is among the most powerful figures in sports--and the pivotal link between stock car racing's founding family and its future. He also must deal with rising expectations from fans and sponsors. Follow him around, though, and you'll see `a pretty average guy.' (NASCAR).">The France connection: NASCAR president Mike Helton is among the most powerful figures in sports--and the pivotal link between stock car racing's founding family and its future. He also must deal with rising expectations from fans and sponsors. Follow him around, though, and you'll see `a pretty average guy.' (NASCAR).</a>
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The France connection: NASCAR president Mike Helton is among the most powerful figures in sports--and the pivotal link between stock car racing's founding family and its future. He also must deal with rising expectations from fans and sponsors. Follow him around, though, and you'll see `a pretty average guy.' (NASCAR).
Pulling alongside a motorcyle cop, Mike Helton says, "Wanna race?"
The cop does a double take, one of those exaggerated looks from a bad sitcom. He looks at Helton, then at his vehicle, which is hardly the stuff of racin.'
"What is that?" he exclaims. "An oversized golf cart?"
It is, in fact, a Humdinger, a six-passenger vehicle that looks to be the offspring of some shotgun marriage between a golf cart and a Humvee. It is broad and sparkling white and eerily quiet. It has the macho face and build of a Humvee, just shrunk in half. It has a CD player and leather seats as soft as a baby's bottom.
As it navigates the grounds of Talladega ...
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