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  1.   AnonymousEFR posted:
  02.04.2013 - 9:30 pm
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Samuel Pattison, an official, was struck by a car during this race.
Injuries would prove fatal. Unsure who struck him.


  2.   Anonymous posted:
  11.06.2013 - 1:27 am
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Not sure who hit him either, but he was going to assist George Jefferson
who was Harry Jefferson's crew chief, who had been hit by another car
and had broken legs.


  3.   nascar_vd / Racing-Reference.info posted:
  01.25.2018 - 12:34 pm
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P1973-17 Note: Samuel "Pat" Pattison, NASCAR referee, was killed when
several cars skidded into the infield on oil dropped from the broken
engine of Chuck Wahl. A crewman, George Jefferson, brother of Harry
Jefferson, the racing logger from Naches, suffered two broken legs in
the same mishap on lap 74. Pattison is survived by six children.

The horrified spectators watched as Ron Eaton skidded toward the
infield, striking George Jefferson. Jefferson had rushed forward to give
his brother, Harry, the palmsdown (slow down) signal when he saw the oil
spill on the track from Wahl's car. In the next split of second, Ron
Gautsche, also out of control hit Pattison, flinging his body 90 feet.
Allen Bruce, another NASCAR official, said "The track was all marbles.
They got to that point and it was all oil." The oil spill ran the length
of the main straightaway, where the stockers hit their top speeds of 140
miles an hour. "I don't know what happened," Eaton said. "When they
threw the yellow flag I moved down on the track. I was between two cars
when I got hit and went for a ride." A tearful Gautsche said, "There was
nothing I could do." Four cars wound up in the infield and two went off
turn one. The race resumed after a half hour delay and the restart was
controversial. The NASCAR lap counting began again under the yellow
flag, instead of waiting for the green flag to be waived. (Extract from
an article of Walt Parietti)

Note: Harry Jefferson broke his transmission in qualifying, repaired it
and started in the rear of the field.


  4.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  04.10.2018 - 10:40 am
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Note: race name, attendance, some correction for "money" are now available.

Withdraw: Hershel McGriff #04 blew engine in qualifying attempt where he
recorded the fastest time in 26.05 seconds ' 86.372 mph, a new track
record.


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