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CUP: All-Star Gamble - What Are Teams Willing To Do To Win?

THE NASCAR ALL-STAR RACE GAMBLEWHAT ARE CREW CHIEFS, DRIVERS & RACE TEAMS WILLING TO DO?LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2013 NASCAR ALL-STAR RACE BEGINS on FOX SPORT'S SPEED MAY 18 at 7 P.M. ETGambling is frowned on by some, celebrated by others. It's a powerful activity - Las Vegas is a town built on its existence.But the big losses… well, you know where that stays.It's also the name of the game when it comes to the NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway (Live on FOX Sports' SPEED; Sat., May 18; 7 p.m. ET). If you don't take big risks, there's little reward in stock car racing's equivalent of 'high stakes' poker.Former crew chiefs turned NASCAR on FOX/SPEED analysts Larry McReynolds and Jeff Hammond have been at the center of this fire. Hammond, the crew chief for NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip's Junior Johnson-owned Chevrolet when they won the inaugural All-Star Race back in 1985 and McReynolds, the leader of Davey Allison's dramatic All-Star victories for Robert Yates Racing (R...

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