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NASCAR's Jim Hunter dies at 71 after year-long fight with cancer
Jim Hunter was one of the few people in the garage area who could corral Tony Stewart's younger, more rebellious attitude. He had a calming effect on Stewart - and everyone else in the sport - because everything he believed was based on common sense.
Stewart, and the rest of NASCAR, lost that voice of reason late Friday night.
Hunter, 71, dedicated more than 40 years of his life to stock car racing, from his role as the one-time public relations director for the Talladega Superspeedway, to president at Darlington Raceway to his role as vice president of NASCAR. He died near his home in Daytona Beach, following a year-long battle with cancer.
"Jim was a great friend of mine and at the same time was a guy that was really big in helping me understand why and how NASCAR worked and operated," Stewart said. "He helped me through a lot of the tough times when I was struggling and fighting with NASCAR, he was the guy that
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NASCAR's Jim Hunter, who helped spawn Talladega's growth, dies at 71
TALLADEGA, AL. -- One of NASCAR's most engaging and influential people, Jim Hunter, has died at age 71 after a year-long battle with cancer.
Hunter, Vice President of Corporate Communications for NASCAR for the last several years, was a key figure in the growth of Talladega Superspeedway as its public relations director, one of the many positions he held in the sport. He survived a harrowing car wreck while working at Talladega, an event that helped reshape his life.
A former newspaperman himself in Columbia, S.C., and Atlanta, Hunter combined his skill in knowing what the media needed with an imaginative public relations side, blended with an impish personality.
The newspaperman side came out one night after a certain driver blew off his post-race media obligations. The driver was sponsored by a high-profile company, a company whose major rival also is involved
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NASCAR exec Jim Hunter dies at 71
Jim Hunter, a NASCAR executive who spent portions of six decades in the industry, first as a newspaper reporter and later as a public relations tjänsteman with the sanctioning body, has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was
Hunter died Friday night in Daytona Beach, Fla., NASCAR said.
He was at Talladega Superspeedway when he was diagnosed last fall, and a race will be held there Sunday.
"Jim Hunter was one of NASCAR's giants," said NASCAR chairman Brian France. "For more than 40 years Jim was part of NASCAR and its history. He loved the idrott, but loved the people even more. It seems as if everyone in the sport called him a friend.
"Jim will alltid be missed by the NASCAR community."
Beloved in the NASCAR bilparkering area for his quick wit and knack for building anställda relationships, Hunter played a critical role in helping the idrott adjust to additional public scrutiny in the wake of Dale Earnhardt's death in
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