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  1.   JollyMeanGiant posted:
  03.18.2020 - 3:38 pm
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Gene Richards was killed in this race when he crashed violently off turn
4, spinning down into the inside wall near the pit road and nearly
completely ripping the passenger's side off his car.


  2.   MSportRev posted:
  03.18.2020 - 4:14 pm
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Rick Roland earned $5,200

Bill Green earned $3,375

Davey Allison earned $2,575

Stuart Huffman earned $1,600

Rodney Combs earned $1,400

Phil Barkdoll earned $1,000

4 cautions for 25 laps

Average Speed: 138.571 MPH

Source: Ultimate Racing History


  3.   rm posted:
  06.09.2020 - 8:43 pm
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Margin of victory - 2 carlengths

16 sponsor - Corvin Racing
25 sponsor - Churchill Transport

16 owner - Jerry Corvin
29 owner - Mueller Brothers

The team bought a car from Bobby Allison to make their superspeedway
debut with regular driver Dean Roper. Finishing 7th, one lap down, it
would be the team's best-ever superspeedway run as well, though in
fairness the team almost exclusively stuck to attempting Cup races at
Daytona and Talladega after this instead of ARCA.

25 DNF reason - crash

Churchill's car was pretty much used up after being involved in two
wrecks, the second of which saw him get turned into the trioval grass
and go for a slide, escaping major damage until he was promptly t-boned
in said grass, wel off of the racing line.

As the first day of ARCA and Cup qualifying was wrapping up, a car
accident outside the track brought some power lines down and caused a
delay for the sessions. The tower improvised by using a generator from
Junior Johnson's hauler to power the timing & scoring system for the
rest of the sessions.

Rick Roland's lone win, overshadowed by Gene Richards' fatal accident. A
quick rain shower delayed the start of the race, causing the drivers to
scatter just before they were ready to hop in their cars. Roland and
Richards hid out together, talking shop, and despite seeing the accident
scene during the ensuing caution the eventual winner wasn't aware that
Richards' crash was fatal until he was informed in victory lane.


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.25.2020 - 1:58 pm
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Rodney Combs makes a rare ARCA start, his first since 1975, and bags his
career-best finish on the tour in the process with a top-5 run. Combs
was doing a one-off with Jim Stacy's #9 Oldsmobile team that Joe Ruttman
won with at Daytona.


  5.   KW posted:
  01.01.2021 - 7:34 pm
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I believe this was the first qualifying lap over 200 mph in ARCA.


  6.   MSportRev posted:
  04.23.2021 - 5:26 pm
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Sponsor Updates:

Davey Allison: Sims Brothers Construction
Stuart Huffman: Mattson Pools
Rodney Combs: J.D. Stacy
Scott Stovall: R.W. Kain Construction
Phil Barkdoll: Car-Pac
Buddy Fannon: Poplar Level
Luther Burton: Burton Trucking
Bob Brevak: Race Glaze
Gordon Blankenship: Jesus Saves
Lee Raymond: Joe's Radiator
Junior Tinney: Castaway Lounge


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