My dad still listens to the races every weekend, watches when he can. The names of the drivers are new -- Bobby Labonte and Jeff Gordon are my new distant cousins, out there on the track with uncles Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt and Bill Elliott.

I watch it from afar. The roar is too loud for my office-spoiled ears, and the smell too strong. But I remember, and all it takes is a look at those decal-laden cars to bring me back to asphalt dreams and grease-covered roots.

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• CNN/SI - Motor Sports news

• NASCAR
• PBS and Turner Adventure Learning's Rockets on Wheels
  • The Evolution of the Stock Car
• Chasin Racin
  • The Jerry Joslin Collection (photos from 1950s Daytona racing)

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