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Richard Petty slams NASCAR’s ‘handicapped’ format, Chicago penalty scenario update, and more
NASCAR Chicago race viewership dips to 2.1M despite Shane van Gisbergen’s dominance

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“It’s like running in a tunnel”: Richard Petty drops a blunt take on NASCAR’s ‘handicapped’ racing format
Richard Petty shared his take on the NASCAR street races, and slammed them with the term "handicapped." The former NASCAR driver, in a recent interview, criticized the format and stated that street races are not road races.
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NASCAR Chicago race viewership slumps as only 2,100,000 tune in to see Shane van Gisbergen’s road course dominance
NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Jr. shared in a 2015 edition of 12 Questions, his fanboy moment meeting Tom Cruise when he was prepping for his role in the NASCAR film, Days of Thunder. He also revealed that, supposedly, Tom Cruise wanted Dale Earnhardt to play a role in the film.

















