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The ferris wheel is a good perch for the all-night race.

The first time I covered the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona was in 1996 and I will never forget the bizarre feeling that I had the moment I realized, "Hang on dude, did you say 24 Hours?"
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"Two more questions, then it's buffet time."

They come by plane, train and automobile and from all four corners of the media earth. Reporters, columnists, bloggers, Twitterers (did I just make that up?) and more than a few talking heads that look and sound like Ron Burgundy and Wes Mantooth.

Every January they descend on the Charlotte area for the annual preseason NASCAR Media Tour in search of scoops, quotes and free food … which are distributed in reverse order when it comes to quantity.
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The King's family business is no more.

Petty Enterprises is gone. Like totally gone. Like joined-the-T-Rex-Edsel-and-D.B.-Cooper-in-the-ether gone. So why aren't people making a bigger deal out of this?
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Mostly unpainted cars circling the track still means a lot to team owners. It also meant a lot of money, which is why it doesn't exist this year.

Is it just me, or is it a little too quiet in here?

For the first time since anyone can remember, the first Monday morning of the New Year did not begin with the sounds of 358 cubic inch monsters roaring to life at the Daytona International Speedway. In fact, a quick phone call to the infield revealed that the only noise to be heard were from a couple of weed eaters and two maintenance guys yelling at one another in the garage.

The silence is deafening.
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Pee Wee Jones passed away this week at 80. He survived an era with slightly different safety measures. (Look at that helmet!)

You've probably never heard of Pee Wee Jones. And that's a shame. You would have loved him.

While America celebrated the holidays, the family of Phillip Sylvester Jones Jr. were busy calling friends and loved ones to inform them that Jones had passed on Christmas Eve at the age of 80.
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"And to all a good night!"

Want more of Ryan on racing? Check his archives.

'Twas the weekend before Christmas,
And all throughout Key West,
The island buzzed about NASCAR,
To this I can attest.
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