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Alex Andrejev: What covering NASCAR’s season like no other taught me: This sport isn’t its stereotype

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November 16, 2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chase Elliott entered Phoenix Raceway’s media center with a well-deserved beer in his hand. He took a swig after sitting down on stage, then placed the can at his feet before spending an hour on the evening of his first NASCAR Cup championship answering questions about his racing career and the feeling of winning and shouldering the pressure of being Bill Elliott’s son.He looked relaxed and jubilant and reflective. There was little I could relate to in his answers or in his swagger in that moment, stressing about the stories I still had to file, until Elliott took a question:…

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