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  *Comments on the 1996 Featherlite Southwest Tour 300K:*
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  1.   AnonymousEFR posted:
  04.04.2015 - 3:41 pm
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Big restart stackup during this one put Bill Hitner on the wall,
according to an old Speedworld clip.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.12.2015 - 3:27 pm
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Scott Hansen's only Southwest Tour start of the year nets him a victory.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.09.2019 - 8:35 pm
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Gary Smith rented a car to come south and run this race and he ended up
leading 56 laps early on en route to a top-5 finish.


  4.   Rich posted:
  09.15.2020 - 5:16 pm
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Rick Benjamin and Buddy Baker were the commentators. Glenn Jarrett and
Randy Pemberton were the pit road reporters.


  5.   rm posted:
  10.02.2020 - 7:24 pm
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1st caution - debris
2nd caution - 14 fluid on track
3rd caution - 4, 5, 8, 12, 17, 29, 40, 44, 48, 82, 95 accident
frontstretch (several more cars, at least, were involved in the incident
too)
4th caution - 03, 8, 21, 28, 48 accident turn 2 (the incident started
when the 8 just ran through the 21 in the corner, and cars piled in -
and over, in one case - each other. Stop Peterson-on-Pedersen violence!)
5th caution - 44, 73, 85 accident dogleg
6th caution - 67 debris frontstretch & pit road

Poor Bob Lyon. Lyon was one of the cars that got the worst of the big
crash on lap 78, but the crew diligently worked to get the car in shape
to return to the track and click off some more laps. Lyon returned to
the track, about 50 laps down, but he was able to run at a respectable
enough pace. Mark Reed, one of the leaders, got impatient trying to lap
Mac McGarry as they ran down the backstretch and approached the even
slower car of Lyon on the far inside of the track. Reed pressed the
issue in order to get the line he wanted in turn 3 and set off the
squeeze play, sending Lyon up the track and across Reed's nose on a
collision course with the outside wall. What little sheetmetal was left
on Lyon's modified-looking car promptly abandoned ship upon impact with
the concrete, ending a very disappointing day for Lyon in spectacular
fashion.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.29.2021 - 7:57 am
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Chris Raudman clinched the NASCAR Southwest Tour championship just by
starting this race. His brother Craig Raudman came into this race second
in points but a 1-2 championship finish wasn't in the cards as his
issues combined with Bryan Germone's top-10 run allowed the latter racer
to take the runner-up position in the final standings.

There was a dust storm moving over the track just before the planned
start of the race and it made conditions a little tough. During the pace
laps NASCAR paused the action to have all the cars come in the pits so
the crews could clear the dust off the car's windshields and grills
before the race could properly start.


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