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Hispanic Racing Team was a NASCAR Busch Series team owned by Mike Vasquez, Rudy Rodriguez and former Winston Cup owner Larry Hedrick. The cars were driven by 1992 Indy 500 polesitter Roberto Guerrero, [1] Carlos Contreras, [2] Christian Fittipaldi, [3] and former Busch Series champion David Green. [4]

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