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    THEY ALSO SERVED: THE WORLD FINAL’S NEARLY MEN

    Jun 30, 2022 4 minutes
    Photos: Frank Love, mkpics.net, Matt Bull/racepixels.co.uk

    The average motorsport enthusiast usually has difficulty understanding why winning a World Hot Rod championship is such an achievement. It looks easy enough in theory. It’s only a quarter-mile oval, it’s only 75 laps of turning right twice and there are no gear changes. No problem, right?

    Oval racing followers will know just how easy it isn’t. If it were that simple, there would be more winners for a start.

    Since 1972 there have been 49 races and so 49 possible different champions. In fact there have been only 28 men privileged to paint the roof

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