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Throwback Thursday: NAPA, Truex, Jr. Help Wounded Soldiers At Chicagoland

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_Attention, NASCAR fans… welcome to Throwback Thursday! Every week, from now until the start of the 2013 season we’ll be giving you, our readers the favorite stories we treasure from our writers over the past few seasons. Today we focus on Beth Lunkenheimer, one of the site’s Managing Editors who shares some pieces she’s treasured over the past 18 months._

_From Beth: Charities have always held a special place in my heart, and when there’s a NASCAR driver involved, it’s just that much more important to me. These type of “Charity Corner” stories are what we hope to bring you more of, on a monthly basis with the Frontstretch in 2013._

_This article ran originally on September 13th, 2012._

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Did You Notice? … We Need To Shake NASCAR’s Offseason Awake?

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*Did You Notice?…* The snoozer of a NASCAR offseason to start off 2013? Of course, last year’s circuslike atmosphere (Kurt Busch’s firing, the resulting musical chairs, Kasey Kahne’s breastfeeding “boo boo,” Greg Zipadelli joining old buddy Tony Stewart) comes around oh, about once a decade. But this time around, even with the new Gen6 car there’s been more excitement surrounding “the girlfriend”:http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8825207/aj-mccarron-girlfriend-katherine-webb-spotlight-bcs-title-game of a college football quarterback in the sporting world than stock car racing. You can bet number two on the list of New Year’s Resolutions for Brian France (behind “find some way, _any_ way to keep my divorce records sealed) is for some giant piece of news to pop out of the sky between now and Daytona Speedweeks.

Mirror Driving: Attacking 2013 Concerns And Enticing A NASCAR Fan Base

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*With 2013 on the horizon, what was the biggest issue in NASCAR that has, thus far, gone unresolved?*

Matt S.: Aero push.
Mike N.: Aero dependency.
Amy: Aero dependency and late season ratings.
Summer: The way these cars race (even with the new ones coming). No one likes them. Not the drivers, not the crews, not the fans.