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Dream weekend for Roger Penske?

Updated: May 27, 2012, 1:20 PM ET
By David Newton | ESPN.com

CONCORD, N.C. -- Travis Geisler is in the middle of monitoring the final practice for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway when his cell phone rings.

It's the boss.

Bang, bang, bang, bang. The boss rattles off four questions so fast that it almost leaves the director of competition for Penske Racing's NASCAR effort with his head spinning.

"He's in Indianapolis, but he's thinking about what we're doing, too," Geisler says. "He knows when ...

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