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Fast Cars and Freedom
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating the Spirit of America
By Kim Wilson
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. ~Walter Elliot When the 2009 NASCAR season kicked off in February, one thought filled my mind: Hallelujah! After months of watching NASCAR clips on YouTube, I needed the real thing. Plus, the season opener brought me one step closer to my favorite race. Despite my private pep talks, the Memorial Day weekend race seemed like a small dot on the distant horizon. We were smack-dab in the middle of a cold New Jersey winter and I was still adjusting to a major household change that occurred weeks before on January 3. (Keep reading)
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