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  1.   Darrell posted:
  10.22.2006 - 5:53 pm
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Chuck Hossfeld's final start.


  2.   john posted:
  09.06.2007 - 8:25 am
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Man, a vehicle numbered 3 on the track so soon after Earnhardt's death.
Who let that one slip by NASCAR


  3.   Anonymous posted:
  11.03.2007 - 7:36 pm
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"Man, a vehicle numbered 3 on the track so soon after Earnhardt's death.
Who let that one slip by NASCAR"

LOL


  4.   SK posted:
  01.12.2008 - 8:44 pm
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This was the first of David Starr's four top-7 finishes in as many races
for John Menard. The Texan driver had made 43 starts prior to this race
without a single top-10 finish, so his performance in 2001
understandably turned many heads.

Fortunately for David, one of those heads belonged to Wayne Spears, who
hired him following the season and helped solidify his status as a
regular contender for years to come.


  5.   Spannerhead29 posted:
  04.14.2014 - 7:21 am
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This ended a streak of 8 consecutive top 5's for Scott Riggs.


  6.   We need more Onion posted:
  04.09.2016 - 5:40 pm
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This race just got uploaded to Youtube.

Sponsor corrections:
#41 - Orleans Hotel & Casino / NAPA (Only NAPA decal is on the bed.)
#61 - Big White Truck


  7.   Bramblegrunt posted:
  03.15.2018 - 12:51 pm
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Scott Riggs had a very eventful race. After rain cancelled qualifying,
Riggs, who had an enormous point lead going into the race started from
pole. On the warmup laps on cold tires, he ended up spinning out in turn
1 and making slight contact with the inside wall. This was a sign to
come for the race he would have. He still was able to start up front
despite the spin and amassed a large lead before the Chuck Hossfeld
crash. After getting mired back in the field after the caution, Riggs
was charging up the slower traffic but got into the loss stuff trying to
get around Lance Hooper. He spun out and made contact with Lance Norick,
causing him to spin back up into traffic where Rich Woodland would make
head on contact with him. They would repair his truck incredibly fast
but he still had massive damage and was never a factor as the rest of
his race was simply a battle to meet minimum speed.

Up front Terry Cook may well have had the truck to beat, he was very
fast but he ran out of gas twice in the race totally eliminating him
from any chance to win.

The later stages of the race would prove to be a fuel milage game, among
those fighting up front for the fuel milage would be Cook, Musgrave,
Ruttman, Starr, Gaughan, Kvapil and Sprague, but as one by one these
competitors needed to pit, it opened the door for Sprague to take his
first victory in a year and 5 days. Great result for Brendan Gaughan,
Contreras and Haseleu who all got top 10s


  8.   Rich posted:
  09.19.2020 - 5:27 pm
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Dr. Jerry Punch and Phil Parsons were the commentators. Ray Dunlap and
Amy East were the pit road reporters.


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