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May be...

He didn't suggest using peanut oil for the cars did he???

he sold peanuts to the fans

what did Jimmy Carter have to do with nascar before he was a president

He was honorary starter at an Atlanta race.

Green Flag - they played a joke on the president by telling him that honorary starters were required to wear a metal cup and a jockstrap over their private parts to protect them against an aerodynamic vacuum created by the cars at high speed. Mr. Carter asked what he should do, and Harold told him to cross his legs as high as he could before he waved the green flag.

To make a long story short chief starter Harold Kinder almost lost his job for playing the trick on the President of the United States. When the race started The president was waving the flag with his legs crossed. Bill France was not too happy.
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You mean no no and yes. This may not be what your question's answer was but Jimmy Carter is tied to NASCAR by being an honorary starter.

http://www.circletrack.com/newsletters/c...

My answer is right. It may not be what you are looking for but it is a legitimate answer to your question. If you already knew the answer then why did you ask the question?
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OKAY THEN

Jimmy Carter is a peanut farmer and Planteer's Peanuts are one of the "Official Snacks of NASCAR." David Ragan is from Georgia too.

Wild guess: He was a spotter.

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