NASCAR racing fans: Cranking up an empirical approach

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 352-360

  Graham Spann, M ^a  

^a Lees McRae College   (United States)

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EID: 0036766587     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5931.00010     Document Type: Review

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