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**Written by Doug Powers

Step 1) Keep an eye out for any special tickets offered to President Obama that the White House turns down.

Step 2) Wait for the track to auction off the “presidential” tickets to raise big bucks for charity.

Step 3) Pounce:

When President Barack Obama turned down free tickets to this weekend’s Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the track hoped to auction off the “presidential” tickets to raise big money for charity.

Instead, the tickets went for less than face value.

The four tickets, which are emblazoned with Obama’s name and the White House address, were sold for $300. Bidding began at $100 and the tickets, which are for some of the best seats at the track, are valued at $110 each.

“Though it didn’t create the frantic, high-paced competitive bidding that we had hoped, it did raise $300 for Speedway Children’s Charities,” NHMS president Jerry Gappens said in a release from the track.

The NHMS’s only regret was that they tried this about four years too late.

(h/t Instapundit)

**Written by Doug Powers

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