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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.24.2014 - 10:18 pm
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The late Lee Raymond, two-time ARCA champion, scores his seventh and
final ARCA victory. It was his first victory since Atlanta back in
November of 1985 (counting toward 1986).

This was Raymond's only victory in his experimental Chevrolet Beretta
stock car. The Riverside Auto Parts team started using the Beretta,
being weighed as a possible Winston Cup body style at the time (and
ultimately an unused one), at the end of the 1987 season and used it
throughout 1988.

(I don't know if this was the first win for the Beretta, Bob Keselowski
also raced one before he eventually got his equally odd Chrysler LeBaron.)


  2.   23andJoe posted:
  04.29.2014 - 2:44 am
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#53 owner: Jimmy Human (same for all races this season).


  3.   23andJoe posted:
  05.02.2014 - 1:20 am
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Pole speed: 152.122mph

#49 sponsor: ???

#49 owner: Ferdin Wallace


  4.   nascarman posted:
  06.03.2017 - 5:02 pm
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Dirt modified racer Billy Pauch recieved sponsorship for this race from
Champion Spark Plugs as part of a "Big Chance" promotion. In a car owned
by Don Marmor, Pauch wrecked in practice and had to withdraw. However,
during the second caution of the day, he got in Marmor's car and drove
it to a 12th place finish.


  5.   rm posted:
  06.07.2020 - 4:11 pm
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WD:
Billy Pauch - ??? - Champion Spark Plug - Gail Marmor - Chevrolet

As nascarman mentioned above, Pauch won a ride for this event the week
of the race, courtesy of the race entitlement sponsor. Pauch didn't get
credited with a start here, and he ultimately never officially started
an ARCA race. He did wind up in the Truck series briefly a decade later,
and put up a best finish of 6th in 1998 at his home track of Flemington
- though he had far more laps at the square-shaped track when it was
dirt instead of pavement.

His son, Billy Pauch Jr., did make it to an ARCA race at Pocono himself
20 years later. Pauch Jr. made four starts at Pocono and did quite well
for himself, netting three top-15 finishes and DNFing one time with a
blown engine inside of 10 to go.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.22.2020 - 11:07 am
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Australian stock car driver Tony Spanos made only five ARCA starts with
this one as the only one he finished. His 15th-place result was his best
in the series.


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