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I think that this (NASCAR) is one of those one of those stories designed to make us pat ourselves on the back. There's obviously a long way to go, but it's a step in the right direction.
As far as the dunk goes, it's sort of like Sergei Bubka's resetting the pole vault record over 20' in 1991 or 1992. He'd done it in practice and everone knew that it was only a matter of time until he did it for real. That doesn't make it anymore impressive. You could also equate it to Joan Benoit winning the marathon at the 84 Games in LA - some woman was going to do it, but it hadn't been done before (ok, not a perfect analogy since she wasn't even the first woman to dunk in a game for TN).
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