After finally climbing his way through the NASCAR ranks, Jeff Gordon slowly started to become competition for the sports best - Dale Earnhardt. During Gordon's rise, Earnhardt sculpted the story of their rivalry...which some say was used as a method to sell more t-shirts. While they both were at the top of the sport, the NASCAR insiders knew it was really more of a marketing gig than anything else.
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