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And now, here's the real story:
https://jalopnik.com/conor-daly-loses-weekend-nascar-sponsorship-after-dads-1828590727
Derek Daly said, "I was a foreign driver now in America, driving for an American team, with an American crew, and with an American sponsor – and that if things did not go well, the only “n***** in the wood pile” would be me."
Any Irish, Ausies, or Brits that can tell us if that phrase was popular in the 80s?