The trophies NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winners get at tracks all over the country have become more and more creative, from the engraved boot at Texas to the cement monster for prevailing on the concrete Monster Mile at Dover International Speedway.
Richmond last year gave a working electric guitar mounted inside a metal frame made to look like flames, and Atlanta gave a 10-foot carved wooden bear at a race in 2006.
The trophy for winning at Martinsville Speedway has been the same since the mid-60s, and the grandfather clocks that go to race winners are among the most cherished in the garage.
“There’s no other trophy like it,†said Jeff Gordon, who won the first of his seven clocks in the spring of 2003… Details
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