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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.04.2009 - 12:49 am
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Second and final Winston West win for Gary Collins


  2.   Unser1 posted:
  06.27.2009 - 12:58 am
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Future Daytona 500 polesitter David Gilliland's Winston West debut,
Butch's boy was still years away from high-level NASCAR at this point.


  3.   23andJoe posted:
  06.17.2014 - 11:21 pm
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#00 owner: Geoff Burney (same for all races this season)


  4.   Frogger49 posted:
  01.03.2016 - 9:01 pm
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Collins won this race despite getting spun out a couple of laps prior to
the Halftime Break while racing for the lead with Butch Gilliland. Gary
Smith spun after contact from Larry Gunselman and hit the rear of
Collins' No. 28, damaging both cars.


  5.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  01.03.2016 - 11:07 pm
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Note: we have the complete starting grid for this race and for some
others race of this 1997 West season.


  6.   rm posted:
  01.01.2018 - 10:08 pm
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First caution - debris turn 3
Second caution - 25, 28, 37, 38, 45 accident turn 2/halftime break
Third caution - 12, 26 accident turn 1
Fourth caution - 43 spun turn 2
Fifth caution - 00, 07, 3, 7, 9, 26, 37, 45, 95 accident turn 4 (red
flag. At least one or two more cars that both ESPN and I cannot identify
were involved in this melee. That's half of the field left running that
was involved!)
Sixth caution - 12 stopped turn 1
Seventh caution - 07, 3 spun turn 1

7 sponsor - Firebird/Cinema Vehicle Services
9 sponsor - ADL/Blachley Racing

7 owner - Raymond Claridge

So that second/third caution. The first accident happens and they call
that the halftime break. Then the second accident happens off of the
restart - I believe that's what the lap 78 caution is, that's also what
ESPN said. Maybe the first accident is a caution for no laps occurring
on lap 76? Not sure how to score that. I also believe that would give us
7 cautions total but I would hate to suggest a deviation from NASCAR's
record especially in 1997. I trust their official records much more than
say ASA or USAR, even for a standalone West series race 20 years ago.

Wade is a DNF due to suspension damage even though he was involved in
the wreck because he drove up on the side of another car and about
flipped over!

Just about everyone in this race was involved in a crash or had a
mechanical failure. Joe Bean, a racing veteran of many forms and series,
said this was the weirdest race he'd ever competed in. Not how many
teams wanted to start the 1997 season! Gary Smith passed the leaders
avoiding the seventh caution to get back on the lead lap and about won
the race. Not bad.


  7.   Rich posted:
  09.15.2020 - 10:40 am
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Bob Jenkins, Larry Rice and Larry Miles were the commentators. Rick
DeBruhl was the sole pit road reporter.


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