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  1.   Steve.M. posted:
  05.07.2007 - 8:51 pm
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Michaels first win in the open, dang they were pretty long back then


  2.   Chris posted:
  02.21.2008 - 11:32 pm
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Car numbers for this race were...

Waltrip-#30
Marlin-#22
Stricklin-#12
Mast-#1
Hamilton-#68
Petty-#43
Sacks-#47
Little-#19
Labonte-#94
Marcis-#71
Jarrett-#21
Teague-#03
Means-#52
Baker-#87
Dallenbach-#90
Stahl-#82
Bierschwale-#23
Pearson-#41
Musgrave-#55
Sauter-#89
Ruttman-#75
Spencer-#98
Smith-#49
Gibbs-#24
Trickle-#34
Speed-#66
Purvis-#51
McDuffie-#70
Wilson-#8
Skinner-#13


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.29.2014 - 10:07 pm
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Jim Sauter was running in the top-5, holding off Richard Petty for the
spot, when he crashed the blue #89 out off turn 4. Dale Jarrett spun
harmlessly to avoid the crash.


  4.   Bramblegrunt posted:
  08.28.2016 - 3:18 pm
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There was a grinding crash in turn 4 when Ruttman's engine started to
sputter, putting oil on the track causing Spencer to slide into Mickey
Gibbs and Dick Trickle to plow into Gibbs. When Trickle spun, Stanley
Smith, in the typical bad luck that plagued his career, had nowhere to
go. Trickle just clipped Smiths car, whose throttle appeared to hang
open and slam the outside wall in very similar fashion to Bobby Hillins
crash here the prior year. Thankfully no one was hurt in this incident


  5.   Josh posted:
  01.10.2017 - 3:55 pm
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Race is on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBU8bDaHuGg


  6.   Ak47 posted:
  04.04.2017 - 10:39 pm
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8 Cup championships (at the time) in this All-Star qualifying race...wtf
was NASCAR thinking


  7.   WarriorMan48 posted:
  04.04.2017 - 11:42 pm
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Why was the Open over twice the length of the All-Star race back then?


  8.   GoPM27 posted:
  04.05.2017 - 9:09 am
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@#6
Yeah, and seven of those were Richard Petty's, who was long past his
prime in 1991. Terry Labonte hadn't won since '89. Between all other
drivers, I counted seven wins between all of them (Marcis 5, Sacks &
Speed, 1). I may have missed someone, but I don't think I did. I think
they were quite justified to make the listed drivers race the open.


  9.   GoPM27 posted:
  04.05.2017 - 9:10 am
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ETA: My initial post should have read between the rest of them;
obviously Labonte and Petty had wins.


  10.   Josh posted:
  10.26.2017 - 4:33 pm
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Cautions:

Lap 19-26

Car #51 accident frontstretch

Lap 31-38

Cars #24, #34, #49, #98 accident Turn 4

Lap 57-59

Cars #21, #89 accident frontstretch



Lap Leaders:

Michael Waltrip 1-56

Terry Labonte 57-59

Kerry Teague 60

Sterling Marlin 61-98

Hut Stricklin 99-113

Michael Waltrip 114-122

Chad Little 123-125

Michael Waltrip 126-134

Joe Ruttman never led. His three laps led should be credited to Chad Little.

I believe the "Led" totals should be the following:

Michael Waltrip: 74
Sterling Marlin: 38
Hut Stricklin: 15
Chad Little: 3
Terry Labonte: 3
Kerry Teague: 1


J.D. McDuffie ran a red #70 in this one after damaging his primary blue
#70 during the ARCA race at Talladega a couple of weeks prior.


  11.   SweetRich21/43 posted:
  08.01.2020 - 7:16 pm
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The commentators were Ken Squier and Ned Jarrett. The pit road reporters
were Mike Joy and Neil Bonnett. The studio host was Chris Economaki.


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