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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.06.2020 - 2:10 pm
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Look out everyone, here comes the White Knight!
Short track legend and then-NASCAR Winston Cup "rookie" Dick Trickle
makes his NASCAR Southwest Tour debut driving a Camaro with his
traditional #99 and his Cup sponsor Miller High Life on the sides
although the field ended up looking more at his back bumper. The race
came down to battle between the visiting Trickle and series regular Mike
Chase with the polesitting Californian hounding Wisconsin's favorite son
with all he had. The final lap came down to a drag race to the line with
Trickle's Chevy nipping Chase's Buick by just 0.016 of a second to score
the victory in his series debut. Dan Press finished fourth as he
concluded his championship-winning season.

This race was a NASCAR Winston Cup undercard and scheduled late in the
season so that led to a lot of visiting talent in the starting lineup.
While Trickle got to have a brew in victory lane fellow Cup stars
Darrell Waltrip and Ken Schrader had a tougher go as both fell out early
with mechanical problems in their Camaros. ASA champion and part-time
Cup racer Butch Miller also saw his #52 sidelined by an early crash.

Garrett Evans was a regular in the NASCAR Northwest Tour and similarly
invaded the field for this one but had a solid run. He led a nice chunk
of the race before crashing out of the lead after his Pontiac blew a
tire in Turn 2. He walked away but done for the day.

Ken Pedersen qualified well but saw his day end with a blown engine on
lap 73. Mark Bold and Roy Testa were running right behind him, hit the
oil Pedersen laid down on the track, and crashed together as a result.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.12.2020 - 1:52 pm
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Press won eight races and the title this season but never ran a full
season again in Southwest Tour action. He'd contine racing in this
series and the Northwest Tour off and on through 1994 before dabbling in
high levels.


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