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Chris Merrill, 45 of Tallahassee, Fla., attempts to get photographs of Jeff Gordon over the fence at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC, on May 7, 2011. Merrill, a die-hard Mark Martin fan, has Martin's number 5 shaved into the back of his head. "She's been shaving all of his numbers into my head," Merrill says about his wife Dawn's hair-styling. "We have an addition on our house just for all the Mark Martin memorabilia."
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Donnie Everett, 42, of Hartsville, SC, "I just love the horsepower of the race cars, the atmosphere, the excitement and every year I make new friends," he said.
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WJ Allen, 5, McColl, SC "My favorite driver is Dale Earnhardt Jr...because he drives the fastest."
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Austin Burgess of Moorehead City, N.C. "My favorite part is this..." Burgess said."Laying in the sun, and getting away for the weekend."
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Cedric Boyd, of Newbern, NC "We come to party and there happens to be a race," Boyd said.
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Kent Hunter, 8, McBee "I like Junior because Papa liked Senior."
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At Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC, on May 6, 2011. Rain caused delays at the raceway.
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Tammy Gainey poses as Jimmie Johnson, her favorite racer, at the Chevrolet booth at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC, on May 6, 2011.
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Steve Trice, 59, of Abingdon, MD, "It's nice seeing the track from up here. You feel like you're right in the middle of it," Trice said. "It's like being on top of the world."
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Nelson "Hound Dog" Smallwood, 55, of Bogue, NC, "When I'm at my seat for the race I get chill bumps," Smallwood said. "There's only two sports I watch, NASCAR and University of North Carolina basketball."
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Stephanie Bunton, 46, of Ruffin, SC, "I've been coming here since I was 16 years-old. There's notihing like Darlington, it's one of a kind. It's not just one thing it's the whole thing I like," she said.
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Beth Harding, Georgia, "We're keeping warm in the hot tub doing some people watching," Harding said about the rain and cool temperatures on Friday.
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