Article: The Roanoke Times, Va., Aaron McFarling column: NASCAR's masterpiece on the block.(Column)

Byline: Aaron McFarling

May 11--"Mona Lisa" just went up on eBay.

Secretariat just got introduced at the auction down at the farmers market.

The Hope Diamond just found its way into a pawn shop.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a free agent.

Hear that? It's the sound of NASCAR team owners not named Teresa Earnhardt punching in their PIN numbers at their local ATMs, trying to withdraw enough money to lure one of the biggest names in all of sports.

At his press conference Thursday in North Carolina, Dale Earnhardt Jr. looked so conflicted. You could tell it stung him to leave Dale Earnhardt Inc., the team his late father founded. ...

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