Huff: Despite Danica, Indy fizzles as NASCAR sizzles
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... Shh. Listen closely. Can you hear it? As we near DanicaFest 2008 -- sorry, the Indy 500 -- the dilettante haters are peeling their eyes away from stick-and-ball and turning their eyes in our direction. From Richard Huff in today's New York Daily News: ...
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