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Christy Futrell McMurray                                       Katharine Ross  

When I saw the picture of Jamie McMurray's wife from Sunday's race, I was instantly reminded of actress Katharine Ross. Both women are stunningly beautiful in a classic, unassuming kinda way.

For the uninitiated, Ross played Elaine, daughter of the infamous Mrs. Robinson and true obsession of Dustin Hoffman's character, Benjamin Braddock, in "The Graduate." In "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid," her character was the objet du desir of both outlaws played by Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Much like the role of a NASCAR wife, neither's a bad gig if you can get it.

Of course, Ross also played the lead in the original "Stepford Wives," in which she succumbed to her worst fears in the story of women evolving into robotic, submissive housewives in the fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut. Not a trend we want to see Mrs. McMurray or any other wives in NASCAR follow.

In real life, Ross is married to the over-65-and-still-studly Sam Elliott, narrator of "The Big Lebowski" and Patrick Swayze's ass-whooping mentor in "Road House."

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VIDEO: Classic end scene from "The Graduate" in which Ben crashes Elaine's wedding and gets his girl

More wedding bells to speed through this...

Another wanted NASCAR bachelor is officially off the market, girls. Give it up for Jamie McMurray, who recently became engaged to be married to longtime girlfriend Christy Futrell. (All future updates will be on this Jamie and Christy McMurray link.)

It seems congratulations are also in order for owner Ray Evernham and driver Erin Crocker, who changed her Facebook status this week from "in a relationship" to "engaged." Will it say "married" tomorrow?

Will Dale Earnhardt Jr. be next ... ? Don't panic yet ... but ... despite public appearances of singledom, sources say he has been seeing quite a bit of one someone special. Is she the one? Developing ...