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  1.   Gregg33 posted:
  04.06.2015 - 1:17 am
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A.J. Foyt's last race in a non-major series and arguably his last race
where he was really a threat to win. he was very quick in practice,
wrecked in qualifying trying to get the pole, then came from 44 to 6th
in the 50 lap race. It was definitely the A.J. of old!


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.07.2015 - 9:06 pm
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Tobey Butler scores his only Southwest Tour victory and does so in one
of the series' premiere events. This race was televised by TNN as part
of its "American Sports Cavalcade" motorsports program.


  3.   rm posted:
  01.02.2018 - 12:15 am
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Pretty sure that time of race is inaccurate - that had to be green flag
laps only with all the cautions. However, caution laps did not count.

First caution - lap 2 - 15, 80 accident backstretch
Second caution - lap 6 - 20, 28, 92 accident frontstretch
Third caution - lap 9 - 3, 10, 28, 44, 64 accident frontstretch (red flag)
Fourth caution - lap 20 - 2, 8 accident turn 3
Fifth caution - lap 38 - 3, 60 accident turn 4
Sixth caution - lap 43 - 26 oil on track
Seventh caution - lap 45 - 54 accident turn 1


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.09.2019 - 12:29 am
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This was the first year the Copper World Classic counted as a points
event for the NASCAR Southwest Tour, although most of its teams had been
entering and dominating it in recent years anyway. It would remain a
part of the championship through the end of the series in 2006.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.09.2019 - 12:39 am
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Hershel McGriff's team put a big high compression V8 engine in his #04
Pontiac for this race and they had to run with 150 pounds of penalty
weight as a result. McGriff and the team figured that was probably worth
it anyway because of the big size of the Phoenix mile and figured they
could make up the difference by pitting to change tires under the
yellows. Their plan was done in by the fact the Copper World Classic
organizers had changed the rules to prohibit changing non-flat tires
during this race. Any strategy McGriff had went out the window early on
anyway as a blown motor quickly put the blue #04 on the sidelines and he
had to settle for last place.


  6.   Rich posted:
  09.15.2020 - 2:47 pm
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Steve Evans and Brock Yates were the commentators. Glenn Jarrett was the
sole pit road reporter.


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