BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Dan Grode, right, and Tom Haxall, talk about sprint car racing at Grode's Carson City home. Grode has spent 40 years as a car owner and race car driver. Grode and Haxall have been racing together for the last three years. Their next race is at Placerville Speedway, Placerville, Calif. on Saturday.

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