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In Search of a “Holy Grail”

I recently had a conversation with Ray Evernham, the former stock car crew chief/ race car driver/team owner who entered the NASCAR Hall of Fame following his retirement. As a team owner, Ray was pivotal in returning Dodge to NASCAR’s winner’s circle. Along the way, he got into collecting and restoring historic hot rods and muscle cars from the Fifties and Sixties, as well as several historic vintage race cars from multiple disciplines of the sport. An overwhelming amount of

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