|| *Comments on the 1988 Budweiser 200:* View the most recent comment <#10> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Matt posted: 10.26.2006 - 1:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larry Pollard had a bad crash in this race in which he suffered a basilar skull fracture. The Associated Press June 5, 1988, Sunday, AM cycle SECTION: Sports News DATELINE: DOVER, Del. BODY: Larry Pollard, injured in a crash in the Budweiser 200 Grand National race at Dover Downs International Speedway, was in guarded but stable condition Sunday, track officials announced. Pollard, 34, sustained a basilar skull fracture in the crash in race's final laps Saturday, but was reported alert and responding to commands. Pollard, a native of British Columbia, Canada, lost control of his Buick on the 195th lap in the 200-lap race and skidded into the wall going into turn four of the high-banked, one-mile racetrack. It took track emergency personnel more than 15 minutes to pry the veteran driver from his car before Pollard could be taken by ambulance to Kent General Hospital in Dover, Del. 2. SoxFan24 posted: 10.27.2009 - 3:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First win for Bobby Hillin Jr 3. b4il3y posted: 04.15.2014 - 12:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Race is on youtube now. Hard, hard wreck for Pollard driving for Gant. Plus, at first Brad Teague was going to win, but there wasn't a hard rule for driving back to the line. 4. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 01.16.2018 - 12:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Update #75 Brad Teague Food Country / Slender You Oldsmobile 5. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 01.16.2018 - 12:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor #34 Jimmy Spencer Apple House Trucking / Quick Stop Buick 6. Jimnsimforever posted: 12.10.2018 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Adding to what #3 said. At this point in time you were allowed to race back to the line in Winston Cup after a caution came out, but in Busch Series you were supposed to slow down. Teague had a huge lead when the caution came out and slowed down like you were supposed to by series rules. Hillin didn't slow down one bit, made up all the ground and went ripping by Teague just barely crossing the line before him. Nascar actually black flagged Bobby Hillin for this and the commentators were already saying that it looks like Brad Teague is going to win the race. Then for some unexplained reason Nascar ignored the series rules and changed their mind, 2 laps into the final 5 they ran under caution, and reports came in that Teague's crew was very upset. About that time with only 3 laps left I believe before the race would end under caution, Brad Teague ran out of gas and the car came to a stop at the start of pit road, so he wouldn't have won anyway and finished 5th. The car that would've and should've won this race had Nascar stuck to their guns was Larry Pearson. 7. JSPorts posted: 12.10.2018 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I didn't realize they had different rules for the different series at the time. Interesting. 8. Ed posted: 12.10.2018 - 6:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @Jimnsimforever: the way I'm interpreting it according to the broadcast is it was more of a gentleman's agreement than an actual rule, I think they thought Teague had already received the yellow flag and Hillin had passed under yellow, which they reviewed and decided he hadn't 9. Jimnsimforever posted: 12.13.2018 - 5:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah I heard them say something about it being a gentleman's agreement too on the broadcast. It had me kind of confused because right before that they were stating it as fact that the rules for it were different than they were in Winston Cup. I don't know how they would possibly think he had already received the caution flag though. Nascar history has many instances of rule confusion, and times where Nascar found out they were wrong after review but stuck to the original call that was broadcast on tv anyway. At least back in this time period they did. 10. Ivan_Ball posted: 01.29.2021 - 7:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was definitely a gentleman's agreement. NASCAR at the time had no technological means to implement this as a rule. Actually, after the race Teague said that he encountered some sort of a problem with fuel pick-up when the caution came out, so that was the reason why he slowed down. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: