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Confidence boost

An A-list of drivers and the largest crowd in memory showed up for the 50th anniversary running of the Rolex 24 sports car epic, and a NASCAR race broke out.As did a NASCAR driver.Six years removed from a promising career in IndyCar, and a month out from signing a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series deal to drive for the legendary Roger Penske, Californian AJ Allmendinger opened Daytona Speedweeks with the greatest triumph of his career.An American racer in an American-made car (Ford) competing for an American-based team (Michael Shank Racing) bested the world's greatest offering of sports car aces and open-wheel champions.And he did it in convincing fashion, even using some good ol' fender rubbing on the Daytona International Speedway road course."It's the biggest win I've ever had,'' said Allmendinger, 30. "But just because I've won this doesn't change my goals to win in (Sprint) Cup. It is confidence, though.''Allmendinger's determination was never more evident than when he went door-to-door f...

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