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By Kay Bell
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Ready for Racing Young Guns
There are plenty of young racers like Ricky Stenhouse
and Austin Dillon in NASCAR, boding well for the sport's present and future. Photo courtesy of Chris Graythen/ Getty Images for NASCAR
T
he talk of the 2012 NASCAR Na- tionwide Series will, of course, be Danica Patrick. But she is not the
sport's future. Not to be rude since I'm a woman of a certain age myself, but at age 30, Patrick is too old.
The real health of NASCAR, both at its Nationwide development level and the top-tier Sprint Cup, lies with the sport's young guns.
Here are a few to keep an eye on.
Timmy Hill – yes, he refers to himself as Timmy; maybe the name
change to Tim will come when he's no longer a teen – was the 2011 NASCAR
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Nationwide Series rookie of the year. At 18, the Rick Ware Racing driver was the youngest competitor ever to win the rookie title.
While waiting for the 2012 NASCAR season to start, Hill took a turn at the wheel of Ware's GT Class entry in the 50th Annual Rolex 24 at Daytona Interna-
third and eighth in three Legends Pro races he ran in January.
Now that Hill has climbed back into the #15 Ford Mustang for the 2012 Nation- wide season, look for this young gun to take his car to the front.
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