R. Gordon embarks on grueling Dakar challenge (Nascar)

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On New Year's Eve, while most prepare to celebrate the arrival of 2006 in comfort, and for the two weeks following rest, take a cruise, hunt or play golf, one NASCAR driver will take on a racing challenge perhaps as physically and mentally challenging as the entire 36-race Nextel Cup season rolled together.

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