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  1.   chris o posted:
  01.24.2013 - 7:53 pm
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Again Ray Elder highest finishing Winston West Regular.


  2.   Mike posted:
  07.07.2017 - 11:46 am
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Did this race actually have 113 entries?


  3.   Burl posted:
  08.03.2018 - 1:47 pm
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Yes it did. It was highest payout of the Cup Season and certainly for us
West guys. Everybody was at OMS, let me tell you. Qualed 20 the first
day, then 20 the second, then the final 11 on Day 3. I was there in my
wee early days crewing. I was with Clint Hutchins and we were not even
close to making the show. If I recall, Clint ran about a dozen or so
laps and could see we were off pace so we parked it for good. Garage
space? What was that? We "garaged" on a portion of the infield road
course. But let me tell you, OMS was magical. That was the most modern
track we'd seen. Exceptional. A racing palace. There was a lot of
excitement about OMS around that time. we were really disappointed to
have missed the show.

Later that year we made a show up at Marysville and that is where I met
my wife of 33 years the day before the race. So that ended '72 on a good
note for me and Clint. By '73 I was crewing full time. '72 I was just
here and there, but was not going to miss OMS.


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