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  1.   JoeyTheHDK posted:
  07.08.2008 - 3:54 pm
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Wow.


  2.   Sébastien posted:
  10.14.2008 - 7:33 pm
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Priceless :)


  3.   hyltonfan08 posted:
  01.25.2009 - 1:43 pm
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1 car running at the end!!! Wow!!!


  4.   1995z71 posted:
  09.18.2011 - 9:50 pm
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Only NASCAR race that was red-flagged because only one car was still
running.


  5.   AnonymousEFR posted:
  03.26.2013 - 4:31 pm
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Unsure who exactly, but three drivers went to the hospital due to the
lap 181 wreck.


  6.   Scott B posted:
  09.22.2014 - 5:14 pm
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I wonder if any of the 4,500 fans felt like they didn't get their
money's worth?


  7.   typo posted:
  04.29.2015 - 8:00 pm
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@6 Fan back in the day loved crashes


  8.   Brandon posted:
  04.12.2017 - 12:19 pm
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"uhhhh... What just happened?" -Everyone in the crowd


  9.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.12.2017 - 1:39 pm
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"Fans back in the day loved crashes"

I think that statement, for better or worse, is likely timeless.


  10.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  03.16.2018 - 10:07 am
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Ouch


  11.   Anonymous posted:
  05.09.2018 - 11:56 am
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Give it enough time, and this'll happen at Talladega!


  12.   @Statscrash posted:
  06.29.2018 - 2:12 am
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Wow, is about all that can be said


  13.   zuel660 posted:
  08.14.2018 - 10:16 am
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I'm gonna guess that track conditions were downright awful here....


  14.   Scott B posted:
  08.14.2018 - 12:21 pm
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$500 to win, and that went to the superteam that could most easily
afford to replace a wrecked car. A lot of other people lost money by
entering this one.


  15.   Yeet posted:
  08.14.2018 - 12:40 pm
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Like a local late model race or something


  16.   MSportRev posted:
  08.14.2018 - 4:38 pm
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$500 in 1956 would be about $4,600 today. How times have changed...


  17.   eth3792 posted:
  10.18.2018 - 9:19 pm
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This article explains what happened at the end of the race:
i.imgur.com/UNDZKiy.png

Found by u/ZappaOMatic of reddit.com/r/NASCAR. Brief summary written by
the same:

- Jimmy Massey was racing Lewis "Possum" Jones (who's strangely not in
the RR race page for some reason) down the backstretch when they made
contact, causing one of them to turn in front of the other.

- Bob Beck tried to avoid them, but ended up hitting the infield wiring.

- Turner, who was already dominating the race and was actually on the
verge of lapping them, got through the carnage.

- Everybody else proceeded to wreck in a massive pile-up. For many
drivers involved, they said the sun cast a glare that prevented them
from avoiding the crash.

- Massey (back injuries), Glen Wood (broken nose), and Art Binkley
(broken jaw) were hospitalized. Jones suffered chest contusions but
wasn't admitted.


  18.   MSportRev posted:
  09.10.2019 - 10:26 pm
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@17 Per a NASCAR.com article, blame was put on a dust cloud by those
initially involved in the accident.


  19.   Corey posted:
  10.02.2019 - 7:56 pm
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So if Lewis Jones help trigger the wreck, where is he in the results?


  20.   Corey posted:
  10.02.2019 - 7:56 pm
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Which then leads to my next question. Did he happen to sub for someone
else in the race?


  21.   acerogers58 posted:
  10.23.2019 - 10:38 pm
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@20 He subbed for Bob Welborn mid way through the event


  22.   Eric posted:
  01.02.2020 - 7:44 am
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Whitey Gerken should be listed as crash. He flipped out of the racetrack.


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