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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 08 > Even NASCAR isn’t immune to high gas prices

Even NASCAR isn’t immune to high gas prices

Car owners, drivers admit they’re making necessary adjustments

By Jenna Fryer / The Bulletin
May 8, 2008

CONCORD, N.C. — As gas prices soar across the country, the thought of paying $6.25 a gallon would make any consumer cringe.

Yet that’s what it costs in NASCAR, where race teams use a special Sunoco 260 GTX unleaded fuel to fill their cars. Although the gas is free —....

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