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The first race of the rest of his life

Paul Tracy has made a name for himself as one of Champ Car's biggest stars, with 30-odd race wins and a championship title in 2003. But now, at the age of 36, the Canadian is looking for a new racing career in the hugely popular NASCAR Nextel Cup series, where Tracy is virtually unknown and the competition is tough. Last weekend, he made his stock car racing debut at the Busch race in Daytona. Autosport.com's Tim Redmayne followed Tracy throughout the weekend and brings his thoughts in and out of the car

Loyalty is a precious commodity in motorsport. Most drivers will switch teams or categories at a mere sniff of a better drive or the chance of a higher pay check.

Future signings are nowadays made earlier to secure the bigger names under the noses of a driver's current employers, often in the hope of destabilising their latter stages of the existing contracts. When a team goes through a rough patch, most won't even shut the door on their way out.

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