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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.01.2015 - 10:10 am
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Carl Long survives Bristol's craziness to claim his only NASCAR victory.

Reigning series champion Mike Cope returns for his first race of 1997
and wins the pole. The defending champ then led over half the race on
his way to a top-10 finish. Cope was focusing on running some races in
the Craftsman Truck Series during this season.

ESPN televised this race.


  2.   Flywheel89 posted:
  05.01.2015 - 5:44 pm
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Interesting list of former upper tier drivers in this race. I also
didn't recall the lower series doing the GWC back in the 90s.


  3.   Spen posted:
  06.18.2015 - 1:38 pm
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The Truck series invented the GWC.


  4.   Anonymous posted:
  06.18.2015 - 2:45 pm
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GWC rules had been around for decades in local series and even ARCA
before the Truck series began.


  5.   Fuzzy posted:
  12.06.2019 - 11:55 pm
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Never knew Carl Long won a NASCAR race. Nice!


  6.   TeamDCRfan posted:
  05.05.2020 - 7:13 am
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Unless something really strange happens, likely the only win for Carl in
NASCAR as a driver. There's a chance that he could get wins as an owner
with Timmy at Daytona or Talladega.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.05.2020 - 8:46 am
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IIRC Long's victory came before a nationwide audience because I'm pretty
sure ESPN televised this race. It was run as the opening half of a
doubleheader that night at Bristol along with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series.


  8.   Danish_Pie posted:
  12.12.2020 - 5:55 pm
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Race did in fact air on ESPN2, and has recently been uploaded to YouTube.

Scot Walters' owner was Clarence Brewer


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