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  1.   chris o posted:
  07.26.2012 - 9:50 pm
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Chad Little holds off Bill Elliott in this 500 lapper


  2.   The Great Dave posted:
  01.26.2017 - 6:29 pm
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FYI Larry Gaylord Started 24th.


  3.   The Great Dave posted:
  01.26.2017 - 6:42 pm
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No not Larry Gaylord, sorry. Gordy Oberg was listed as 24th but
apprently was scratched before the race, so here's the starting line-up


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.11.2018 - 11:09 am
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This was Winston West's only American oval race all season. The 1986
schedule was short and heavy on road courses with this and the following
race at the Calgary's Race City Speedway as the only short track stops.


  5.   NewGuyOnTheBlock posted:
  06.15.2020 - 9:40 pm
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Bill Elliott looked to have this one wrapped up until he broke an axle
with 16 laps to go, giving the lead and the win to Chad Little.
Incredibly, Elliott was able to bring the #9 Ford home in second on the
lead lap despite the damage.

Awesome Bill from Dawsonville would have to wait until 1987 to win this
Winston Washington 500, which he had also attempted in 1985.


  6.   rm posted:
  11.04.2020 - 9:38 pm
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Mike Chase was hospitalized after this race due to fume exposure.

This was a side effect of racing that wasn't taken very seriously at the
time, and it was something that stayed mostly out of focus in NASCAR
until Rick Mast retired at the turn of the century due to longterm
carbon monoxide exposure. Speaking about the incident afterwards, Chase
said that he had heard about drivers getting out of the car after long
races and feeling "loopy" or not being able to recall certain monotonous
sections of the race, but he never considered that it could actually
happen to him. Chase hit the wall early on, picking up nonterminal
damage, but was able to continue on at a competitive pace and even
assumed the lead for a bit under a midrace caution. Chase said that
during the long green flag runs near the end of the race, he would
suddenly come to when he'd scrape the outside wall or run down on the
grass on the inside of the track. Chase finally got his bearings
together enough to realize that he was in trouble and came down pit road
to get out of the car.

Even after an overnight stay Chase was mostly flippant about the ordeal.
He got right back in his car the next two weeks and won Southwest tour
races at Placer County (now All American) and Tahoe-Carson - 100-lap
events, which he felt was much more manageable than a 500-lapper.


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