| This is the Hot Wheels sponsored machine of third generation
driver Kyle Petty. For more information on the this great racing family
visit our story on the first racing Petty.
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| Ward Burton's MBNA America Pontiac has taken the young racer
to several career victories to date. To hear the sounds of NASCAR visit
our AutoSpeak Library of Sounds.
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| Learn more about Bill Elliott with a visit to our Race Track
Legend's story on NASCAR's most popular driver.
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| With the power of the Hendrick Motorsports Team behind him,
Terry Labonte is again in a position to repeat his 1996 NASCAR Championship
run in 1998.
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| Ricky Rudd in the Tide Ford machine continues to be one of
NASCAR's most consistent drivers with a win record spanning two decades.
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| Mark Martin's Valvoline Ford racer continues to place well
in spite of a lack of NASCAR Champship win by the Batesville Arkansas
driver.
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| The youngest NASCAR Champion in the modern era, Jeff Gordan
is topped in his rise to the championship by only Bill Rexford who at
the age of 23 achieved this great accomplishment in 1950.
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| Dale Earnhardt's RCR prepared Chevy continues to be a force
on the track despite his slump in the 1997 season. Earnhardt will find
the winner's circle again.
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| One of the best known numbers in racing, the No. 28 has been
driven by three of the greatest racers in the modern era, the late Davey
Allision, Dale Jarrett and Ernie Irvan. Will Kenny Irwin be the fourth?
© photographs by Jackson Thames and Jay Wortham
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