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FRANKLIN ? Framed and hanging in Steve Barnett?s garage is the prize money he collected after winning his first race, a 10-lap mechanic?s event at Union County Speedway.
The $5 bill doesn?t carry nearly the purchasing power it did in 1975. However, in one sense its value contains no ceiling. Every time Barnett looks at it, he?s reminded how fortunate he is having spent the past 38 years doing something he truly loves.
?I see it about every time I go out there,? said Barnett, 56. ?I just think it?s funny I still have that because people joke that I?m so tight that I probably have the first nickel I ever made. It sort of fits my personality, I guess.?
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