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  1.   stricklinfan82 posted:
  12.26.2007 - 4:34 am
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Kyle Petty sneaks into the final transfer spot after John Andretti hits
the wall in the final laps. Petty's new team had no owner's points to
fall back on and his qualifying time wouldn't have been good enough to
make the 500.

Also a nice run by Hut Stricklin to make the Daytona 500 in a year where
neither his owner's points nor qualifying speed would have been good
enough to get him into the 500 :)


  2.   jp posted:
  02.25.2009 - 9:05 pm
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Under my way,(top 21 in each qualifyer advances)Andretti would be in the
500.


  3.   Anonymous posted:
  01.20.2010 - 8:49 pm
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Andretti was in the 500 that year anyway


  4.   SK posted:
  03.01.2011 - 9:54 pm
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dale's only win all year.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.27.2011 - 4:28 pm
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Owners:
#3 Dale Earnhardt- Richard Childress
#24 Jeff Gordon- Rick Hendrick
#94 Bill Elliott- Bill Elliott
#33 Ken Schrader- Andy Petree
#21 Michael Waltrip- Wood Brothers
#2 Rusty Wallace- Roger Penske
#30 Johnny Benson, Jr.- Chuck Rider
#5 Terry Labonte- Rick Hendrick
#40 Robby Gordon- Felix Sabates
#17 Darrell Waltrip- Darrell Waltrip
#71 Dave Marcis- Dave Marcis
#46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr.- Felix Sabates
#8 Hut Stricklin- Stavola Brothers
#44 Kyle Petty- Kyle Petty
#95 Gary Bradberry- Sadler Brothers
#15 Larry Pearson- Bud Moore
#81 Kenny Wallace- Fil Martocci
#1 Morgan Shepherd- Richard Jackson
#97 Chad Little- Greg Pollex
#96 David Green- Buz McCall
#98 John Andretti- Cale Yarborough
#84 Norm Benning- Norm Benning / SPONSOR: Benning Racing
#41 Steve Grissom- Larry Hedrick
#9 Lake Speed- Harry Melling
#19 Loy Allen, Jr.- Mark Smith
#25 Ricky Craven- Rick Hendrick

Lap leaders:
#3 Earnhardt- 32
#98 Andretti- 18
All others- 0

Reasons for DNFs:
#84 Benning- handling
#41 Steve Grissom- handling
#9 Speed- crash
#19 Allen, Jr.- crash
#25 Craven- crash

Time of race: 00:46:05
Average Speed: 162.749 MPH
1 caution for 4 laps

Since he crashed here Loy Allen and his #19 team had to borrow the
rather speedy car from Butch Mock that Rick Mast DNQed with to run the 500.


  6.   The Great Dave posted:
  01.07.2012 - 3:12 pm
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#84 Norm Benning mad Masters Inn Sponsorship on his car.


  7.   sk posted:
  06.11.2016 - 9:29 pm
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Kyle Petty got tangled up in the only wreck, but luckily avoided serious
damage and went on to grab the final transfer spot.

Unlike some years where that spot has been decided by inches, however,
Petty was at the tail of a 14-car lead draft by race's end, with
15th-place Bradberry half a lap behind him.


  8.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.11.2016 - 10:39 pm
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Lap Leaders: John Andretti 1-18, Dale Earnhardt 19-50


  9.   saltsburgtrojanfan posted:
  02.18.2017 - 6:23 am
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Caution 1: Lap 11-14: #9,19,25 accident tri-oval


  10.   Bramblegrunt posted:
  04.04.2017 - 12:38 pm
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The racing was fierce in the first 10 laps of this race but once Ricky
Craven spun and collected Speed and Allen, things calmed down
significantly with only a couple of later daring moves. Craven blamed
himself on the incident when he tried to slot in front of Chad Little
where there was little to no room. Craven spun and crashed into Speed
who went back up the track and collected Allen. Speed had a plain red
Melling car after the University of Nebraska fell through in the offseason.

Just missing the field for a 2nd straight year was the Sadler Bros #95
(in 96 it was Bown, this time it was Bradberry though this time it was
by a larger margin).

Larry Pearson, in an unsponsored and financially floundering Bud Moore
team also missed the show. It was the first time Bud Moore missed the
Daytona 500 since 1972 when Larry Pearson's father, David missed the
show driving for them.


  11.   Matt T posted:
  10.14.2018 - 12:03 am
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Dale extends his Dual 125 winning streak to 8 straight years. It would
end up reaching 10 before finishing 11th in 2000.


  12.   Rich posted:
  04.27.2021 - 7:01 am
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Ken Squier along with Ned Jarrett and Buddy Baker were the commentators.
Mike Joy and Dr. Dick Berggren were the pit road reporters.


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