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  1.   MOST posted:
  05.06.2006 - 5:01 am
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Great race, Elliott Sadler nearly flipped over near the finish, his
fender had worn a groove into the tire and he still finished second, he
was hot that year.


  2.   Darrell posted:
  06.18.2006 - 3:35 pm
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In just his third Busch Series start, Wayne Grubb led the 28 laps Randy
LaJoie didn't. I just wish he had the same success later in his career.


  3.   Jim Heatherly posted:
  08.04.2006 - 5:17 pm
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Kenny Irwin Jr was supposed to drive the #98 car sponsored by KFC for
this race. However, he is not listed, and Rick Fuller is listed in the
#40 sponsored by KFC. I'm assuming Kenny didn't qualify, but I can't
find any proof of that...or maybe there was another reason he wasn't in
this race. Any info would be appreciated.

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/date/19970802/news004939.html


  4.   most posted:
  10.29.2006 - 8:50 pm
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I have the race on tape, the KFC deal was for Darrell Waltrip racing
(Rich Bickle ran the KFC car in the WC race at Indy) and Fuller was in
the car. Not sure about Kenny but I know that it would have been a long
shot for Kenny to drive for Waltrip as tight as his Yates contract was.
Not sure but hope it helps a little


  5.   FHgrad99 posted:
  08.26.2007 - 5:58 am
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I believe that Kenny Irwin Jr. was driving a car fielded by Liberty
Racing, the Craftsman Truck Series team he was driving for at the time.
I think Yates was also involved with it. I think Irwin hit the wall in
qualifying and missed the race.


  6.   SK posted:
  11.10.2007 - 5:35 am
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Jeff Krogh records the first top-10 finish of his abbreviated career.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.12.2008 - 1:10 am
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Kenny Irwin Jr was supposed to run a #98 KFC Chevrolet in this race, and
yes he DNQed so the sponsorship moved to the #40 Ford with Rick Fuller.

Despite driving a Ford on the Truck Series, Irwin entered more than one
Busch race with a #98 Chevy in 1997 but was unable to qualify for any of
them


  8.   SK posted:
  06.24.2009 - 3:01 pm
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Tony Stewart's first appearance in a Joe Gibbs Racing stock car.


  9.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.15.2012 - 2:55 pm
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The car Kenny Irwin DNQed in was the #98 KFC Team Twister Chevrolet.


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.15.2012 - 2:59 pm
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ASA standout Joe Nott makes his only NASCAR Busch Series start


  11.   Anonymous posted:
  02.11.2014 - 12:23 pm
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Sponsor Corrections

#17 Kraft / Kroger
#33 Kleenex / Kroger


  12.   Anonymous posted:
  02.11.2014 - 12:27 pm
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Caution #2 80 Accident turn 4

Caution #3 44,1 Accident turn 3


  13.   Rich posted:
  09.18.2020 - 6:17 pm
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Dr. Jerry Punch and Brett Bodine were the commentators. Bill Weber and
Dave Despain were the pit road reporters.


  14.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.25.2020 - 8:56 am
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Randy LaJoie won at IRP in 1996 and makes a dominant drive to return to
victory lane again. His back to back wins here at IRP made him the first
NASCAR Busch/Xfinity Series driver to win at this track more than once
in more than a decade. Morgan Shepherd won here three times in the 1980s
(1982, 1984, and 1988) but until the early 2000s Buschwacking epidemic
this tended to be a race where a wide variety of different Busch Series
regulars would get a chance to shine.


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