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From choirboy to playboy: Footloose and fancy-free, Jeff Gordon is eschewing his squeaky-clean image and coming out of his cocoon.

THE HEADLINE ON THE COVER OF A SUPERMARKET tabloid screamed: "Revealed! Sexy Model Who Broke Up Jeff Gordon's Marriage!"

The young woman reputed to have sent Gordon's seven-year marriage spinning out and crashing into the wall was identified as Deanna Merryman, a former exotic dancer and actress who said she met the four-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion while working at a cosmetics counter in a Florida department store. (Ms. Merryman would later tell her story in an, ahem, revealing Playboy spread--more on that later.)

Gordon's wife, Brooke, meanwhile, filed for divorce, citing "marital misconduct."

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